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David ap Bleddyn, bishop of St Asaph. ap Bleddyn David King and council. bishop of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/165/8202

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Reference
SC 8/165/8202
Date
[? 1316-? 1344]
Description
Petitioners
David ap Bleddyn, bishop of St Asaph.
Name(s)
ap Bleddyn, David
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
bishop of St Asaph
Nature of request
David, bishop of St Asaph requests remedy against temporal lords in Wales who seize and claim for themselves the goods of any of their tenants dying intestate as if the goods were their own. And when it is evident, by the certification of the bishop or other ordinary, that the deceased people had written their wills correctly and lawfully, the bailiffs pretend that the same had died intestate and so seize and usurp their goods to the lords' use.
Nature of endorsement
Let the Earl of Chester be ordered by the King's writ that he not permit his bailiffs to intermeddle with the goods of people dying in the said diocese, if they can ascertain that these people made their wills in due form.
People mentioned
Earl of Chester.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Religions
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.278 (calendar of petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294047/

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