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John Hakelute; Agnes Hakelute, countess of Pembroke, wife of John Hakelute. Hakelute;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/159/7948
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/159/7948
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1353]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Hakelute; Agnes Hakelute, countess of Pembroke, wife of John Hakelute.
- Name(s)
- Hakelute; Hakelute, countess of Pembroke, John; Agnes
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in three parts].1) The Hakelutes request that a commission of oyer and terminer into things done in the court and hundred of Abergavenny be repealed as it is against the liberty of the heir of Pembroke.2) They request that the king order his hand be removed from various lands and manors which were seized as escheats because the earl of Pembroke had enfeoffed William de Hastings with them when Hastings had nothing of his feoffment.3) The Hakelutes request that they can have and enjoy their liberties which pertain to the castle and lordship of Abergavenny which was granted to her in dower by the king, and which is disturbed by the seizure of the lands and manors pertaining to it.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Because this petition concerns the lords assigned to try the petitions from Wales and other lords in Wales, they do not wish to answer this petition because they . . . similar cases, and they request that it be ordered that they be brought before the king to the end that right and reason be done and be safeguarded in their ancient laws.2) Let this petition be examined by the chancellor, treasurer and other knowledgeable members of the council.3) The king wishes that the lords of Wales use the liberties that they ought to use, and their ancestors have used, and nothing be done of new.
- Places mentioned
- Abergavenny hundred, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
- Henllys, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
- Bryngwyn, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
- Coit Morgan (Coed Morgan), [Monmouthshire, Wales]
- Llanover, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
- Tregothel (Tregwyddel), [Monmouthshire, Wales]
- Wernethrig, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
- Llanwytherin, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
- Abergaveny lordship, [Wales].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Bradeston
- William de Hastynges (Hastings), bastard
- Earl of Pembroke
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1353 as it must postdate the delivery of the dower to the petitioners (CCR 1349-54, pp.532-3).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition by the countess see SC 8/246/12257
For a related petition by the same petitioners, see SC 8/211/10510
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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.267-8 (full summary of petition)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. IX, 1349-1354, (Public Record Office, 1906), pp.532-3 (livery of lands to petitioners)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210140/
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