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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Anian II, Bishop of St Asaph. Bishop of St Asaph Anian II [Lost] [Petition in 4 parts].1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/155/7708
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This record is about the Anian II, Bishop of St Asaph. Bishop of St Asaph Anian II [Lost] [Petition in 4 parts].1)... dating from [? c. 1279] 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 8/155/7708
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1279]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Anian II, Bishop of St Asaph.
- Name(s)
- Bishop of St Asaph, Anian II
- Addressees
- [Lost]
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 4 parts].1) . . . that he is to appoint a bailiff of Bromfield who . . . will do right and justice in the land and bring back the lands . . . given in deprivation of those orphans, and restore the orphans to the possessions of the heirs, and if it is considered expedient by the king that ap Helany is made bailiff, because he is faithful to the lord king, then we certainly advise that provided that a certain . . . should be assigned, and the remainder of the things arising from the land should be reserved for the sustenance of the children and the restoration of their land.2) The bishop requests other lands in compensation for the abbey of Rhuddlan.3) He requests that the king's bailiffs be ordered to compel the miners of new mines to pay tithes to the churches in whose parishes they are sunk.4) He requests assignment of ten librates of land granted to him.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bromfield, [Denbighshire, Wales]
- Rhuddlan, [Denbighshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Gronow ap Helany.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1279 in accordance with the guard daing, and on the basis of references in the Calendar of Welsh Rolls concerning tithes from the lead mines of Flint (pp.180, 183). The hand broadly supports this dating.
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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)
- Latin
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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), p.257 (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209898/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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