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Abbot and Convent of Caerleon. King and Council. The abbot and convent of Caerleon...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8368

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SC 8/168/8368
Date
[1317]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and Convent of Caerleon.
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
The abbot and convent of Caerleon state that although they were once the richest abbey in Morgannwg, Earl Gilbert took most of their possessions as part of an exchange which he then failed to complete. His son, Earl Gilbert, promised to resolve this on his return from Scotland, but he died and nothing was done. They are therefore now so impoverished that only 20 monks remain, in poverty, where once there were 60, and request that the king return their lands to them while they are in his hands. They also request remedy, stating that the king's foresters of Machen have forcibly sold their woods of Ebbw Vale and Kelly Ezirnoun, of which they have been seised since their foundation.1)
Nature of endorsement
The king can do nothing because he has nothing in the lands and tenements of the said earl except the custody, and does not know for how long, until the heir appears and then the king will take counsel [deleted].2) The king cannot grant the lands for fear of prejudicing the heir, but he grants that the abbot and convent have 10 marks annually of the rents of those parts, of the gift and alms of the king for as long as the king pleases.
Places mentioned
Karlion (Caerleon), [Monmouthshire, Wales]
Morgannwg (Glamorgan), [Wales]
Scotland
Machen, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
Glyn Eboutz (Glyn Ebbw, Ebbw Vale), [Glamorgan, Wales]
Kelly Ezirnoun [unidentified], [Wales].
People mentioned
Gilbert de Clare, Earl [of Gloucester]
Gilbert de Clare, Earl [of Gloucester], father of Gilbert de Clare.
Note
Dated to 1317 on the basis of the reference to the annuity of 10 maks referred to in a grant to Bartholomew Badlesmere in that year. The petition refers to an agreement with Gilbert de Clare (d. 1295) and the death of his son at Bannockburn in 1314.
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.286-7 (partial translation of petition)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.406 (reference to this petition and annuity in grant to Bartholomew Badlesmere)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294213/

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