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English community of Glamorgan. King and council. The English community of Glamorgan...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/165/8242

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SC 8/165/8242
Date
[? 1327]
Description
Petitioners
English community of Glamorgan.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The English community of Glamorgan request that they may have and enjoy their rights, laws and ancient usages, lost when Despenser drove them out and imposed tolls on them by the oppression and harshness of arbitrary lordship contrary to the right laws and customs anciently used.
Nature of endorsement
Let them have a writ to the keeper of the land of Glamorgan ... custom ....
Places mentioned
Glamorgan, [Wales].
People mentioned
Hugh le Despenser, late lord of Glamorgan.
Note
Rees, Petitions relating to Wales, p. 279, dates this to 1327, since the events seem to refer to the years 1322-6, after the restoration of Hugh le Despenser to power, but probably found utterance only under the new regime, after the downfall of Hugh in the autumn of 1326.
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.279 (full translation of petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294087/

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