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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Bek, Bishop of St David's. Bek Thomas King and council. Bishop of St David's...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/138/6881
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/138/6881
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1281]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Bek, Bishop of St David's.
- Name(s)
- Bek, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Bishop of St David's
- Nature of request
- Petition concerning the damages committed against the bishop by the earl of Hereford, and (in four parts) concerning the bishops' complaints against Bogo de Knoville and his ministers.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face: Responses to each part supplied immediately after the relevant section.][On dorse:] Petition of the Bishop of St David's.Petitions in parliament, Easter in the ninth year of Edward [I].
- Places mentioned
- Trallong, [Brecknockshire, Wales]
- Carmarthen, [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
- Brecon, [Brecknockshire, Wales]
- Llanbadarn Fawr, [Cardiganshire, Wales]
- Llangadog, [Carmarthenshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford
- Richard [de Carew], Bishop of St David's
- Bogo de Knoville, justice of West Wales
- Rees Vachan.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, p. 233; see also PROME, parliament of Easter 1281, Introduction.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.231-233 (summary of petition, with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209065/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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