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Howel ap David, son and heir of David ap Griffith. ap David Howel King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/163/8106

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Reference
SC 8/163/8106
Date
[c. 1305]
Description
Petitioners
Howel ap David, son and heir of David ap Griffith.
Name(s)
ap David, Howel
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Howel ap David requests remedy for his father's land in Bryncelyn which was seized into the King's hand for failure to render suit of court.
Nature of endorsement
The justice of North Wales is to inquire into the matter and let justice be done.
Places mentioned
Bryncelyn (Bryn-celyn), Caernarfonshire, [Wales], Caernarfon, [Caernarfonshire, Wales].
People mentioned
David ap Griffith
William de Sutton, justice of Wales.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1305, with reference to CCR 1302-7, p.62 which indicates that William de Sutton was justice of North Wales in 1303. Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, p. 272, dates it to c. 1306 for the same reason.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.272 (summary of petition)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.62 (reference to Sutton)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293950/

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