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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Margaret Vechan (Fychan), widow of Madoc Vechan (Fychan). Vechan (Fychan) Margaret...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8393B
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This record is about the Margaret Vechan (Fychan), widow of Madoc Vechan (Fychan). Vechan (Fychan) Margaret... dating from [1278] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/168/8393B
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1278]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margaret Vechan (Fychan), widow of Madoc Vechan (Fychan).
- Name(s)
- Vechan (Fychan), Margaret
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Margaret, widow of Madoc Fychan, states that she took the manor of Eyton at farm for the term of her life from the wife of Gruffydd ap Madoc at £10 per year, but Earl Warenne has disseised her of it. She requests justice for this, and for another vill, for which she has a charter. She also requests justice for Gruffydd the younger, who held this vill with Corwen and Cilymaenllwyd, for which she also has charters.
- Nature of endorsement
- This woman has done such wrong to the king that he is not obliged to show her grace; but let the king inquire of the earl concerning the said land[Further endorsements incomplete or illegible.]
- Places mentioned
- Eyton, [Flintshire, Wales]
- Corvain (Corwen), [Merioneth, Wales]
- Kylmainloyt (Cilymaenllwyd), [Carmarthenshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Madoc Vechan (Fychan), late husband of the peititioner
- Gruffydd ap Madawc (Madoc)
- [John de Warenne], Earl Warenne
- Gruffydd the younger.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rees to 1278, with reference to the history of the case from the Welsh Assize Rolls.
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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)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.287-8 (summary of petition, with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294240/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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