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Gruffydd (Griffin) le Warran. Warran Gruffydd (Griffin) King and Chancellor. Gruffydd...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/148/7392

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This record is about the Gruffydd (Griffin) le Warran. Warran Gruffydd (Griffin) King and Chancellor. Gruffydd... dating from [? 1278-? 1283] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/148/7392
Date
[? 1278-? 1283]
Description
Petitioners
Gruffydd (Griffin) le Warran.
Name(s)
Warran, Gruffydd (Griffin)
Addressees
King and Chancellor.
Nature of request
Gruffydd le Warran states that he holds the land of Ightfield in chief of the King, but that the Bailiffs of the Bishop of Chester and William de Calral wish to appropriate it and to deprive him of his inheritance. He cries mercy to the King and requests a letter to the Sheriff of Shropshire that if he is removed from this land he might swiftly be reinstated.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Ightfield, Shropshire.
People mentioned
[Roger de Meuland, Mulond, Longespee)], Bishop of Chester (Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield)
William de Calral.
Note
Dated on the guard to '? 1278-1283' without further explanation. However, this date would seem to accord with the hand.
Related material

For transcript, see p.60 of PRO 31/7/92

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209577/

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