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Villeins of the manor of Penrhos, Anglesey. King and council. The villeins request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/156/7785
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/156/7785
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Villeins of the manor of Penrhos, Anglesey.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The villeins request that Grey be ordered to examine the extent of their manor or to extend it anew if he sees it is for the greater profit of the king to take what was paid before, or to take as much as they have in chattels, and that they go and purchase their sustenance elsewhere. They petitioned the king at Kennington when he was prince to redress the wrong done in the extent of their manor which was done, but now Sapy demands great sums from them and seized their meagre goods and chattels.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- They should have a day at Caernarfon on Thursday . . .2) Let the petition be sent to the justice of North Wales, and order him to inform himself of the ordinances made at Kennington concerning the people of Penrhos in the time of the king when he was prince of Wales which ordinances remain with the Chamberlain of Caernarfon under the prince's seal; and according to these ordinances he is to inform himself of what is contained in the petition and then certify the king, and in the meantime release the distresses made for the rent and arrears.
- Places mentioned
- Penrhos, Anglesey, [Wales]
- Caernarfon, [Caernarfonshire, Wales]
- North Wales
- Kennington, [Surrey].
- People mentioned
- William [de Sutton], then justice of North Wales
- John de Sapy, Sheriff of Anglesey
- John de Grey, justice of North Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1315 as it must be contemporary with the writ that was issued in response to it which is dated 10 May 1315 (SC 8/156/7784), and because the petition was enrolled on the parliament roll in the Hillary parliament of 1315 (Rot. Parl., vol. I::pp.308b-9a (no.83)).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the inquisition formerly attached to this petition see SC 8/156/7786
For the writ in accordance with the response to the petition see SC 8/156/7784
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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.261-2 (full summary of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.308b-9a (no.83) (full transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209977/
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