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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Waleys; Mary Waleys, wife of William Waleys. Waleys; Waleys William; Mary...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/152/7582
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This record is about the William Waleys; Mary Waleys, wife of William Waleys. Waleys; Waleys William; Mary... dating from [c. 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/152/7582
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Waleys; Mary Waleys, wife of William Waleys.
- Name(s)
- Waleys; Waleys, William; Mary
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request that law and justice be done to them as a tenement and land in Denbigh and Wicwer that descended to Mary Waleys by the death of her father were taken into the hand of the earl of Lincoln because Codnor, the late husband of Mary Waleys rendered Denbigh to the Welsh in the last war.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the keeper of the castle of Denbigh that when he has heard her complaint, let justice be done according to the laws and usages of the country.
- Places mentioned
- Denbigh, [Denbighshire, Wales]
- Wicwer, [Denbighshire, Wales]
- North Wales.
- People mentioned
- Master Richard de Hereford, father of Mary the petitioner
- William de Codenoure (Codnor), late husband of the petitioner
- [Henry de Lacy], earl of Lincoln
- William de la Mountaigne, steward.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1330 as an inquisition held in early 1331 seems to have been the result of the petition (CIM 1307-49, no.1135).
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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)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.252-3 (part translation of petition)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1135 (resulting enquiry from petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209769/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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