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John de Skydemor (Scudamore), Constable of Llanbadarn Fawr castle. de Skydemor (Scudamore)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8357

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Reference
SC 8/168/8357
Date
[1315]
Description
Petitioners
John de Skydemor (Scudamore), Constable of Llanbadarn Fawr castle.
Name(s)
de Skydemor (Scudamore), John
Addressees
King and Council
Occupation
Constable of Llanbadarn Fawr castle
Nature of request
John de Skydemor makes two requests.1) Skydemor states that, as Constable of Llanbadarn Fawr, he has kept the castle, and in the last war raised by Maelgwn ap Rhys, he was forced to eat his horses to save it. The people of Genau'rglyn now make malicious accusations against him, and the Welsh people agree due to their hatred of him for his actions in the war, and the deaths of their people. He therefore requests letters to William Martyn, Justice of West Wales, ordering that any inquisitions into these allegations be heard before Englishmen.2) He requests that he be restored to a petty constableship in Mefenydd, from which he has been unjustly ousted by Martyn, at the procurement of his enemies.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Lampadernvaur (Llanbadarn Fawr), [Cardiganshire, Wales]
Genau'rglyn commote, [Cardiganshire, Wales]
Meveneth (Mefenydd), [Cardiganshire, Wales].
People mentioned
[Edward I], King of England
Maelgwn [ap Rhys]
William Martyn, justice of West Wales.
Note
Orders to William Martyn on these matters were issued in September 1315. Maelgwn ap Rhys besieged the castle in 1294.
Related material

For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.3468 of C 81/92

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), pp.285-6 (summary of petition)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.249 (resultant orders to Martyn)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294202/

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