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William le Greye. Greye William King and Council. William le Greye requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/167/8335
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/167/8335
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William le Greye.
- Name(s)
- Greye, William
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- William le Greye requests that he be pardoned the remaining £55 of a fine of £100 which he made with Despenser. He states that because he was once bailiff of the county of Cardiff and answerable to Damory as keeper of Glamorgan, he was accused by Despenser of being of the party of the Earl of Lancaster and imprisoned for four years, until he was forced either to make this fine or die in prison.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let him expect a common remedy as will be ordained throughout England, Wales and Ireland, and let such remedy be done as to others in similar cases.
- Places mentioned
- Glamorgan, [Wales]
- Cardiff, [Glamorgan, Wales]
- Wales
- Ireland.
- People mentioned
- Roger Damory
- Hugh le Despenser the younger
- [Thomas of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rees to the early months of 1327, between the accession of Edward III and the inquisition into this matter at CIM 1307-49, no.992.
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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), p.282 (summary of petition)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.992 (related inquisition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294180/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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