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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty of South Wales. King and council. The commonalty request that the two...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/173/8618
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/173/8618
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of South Wales.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The commonalty request that the two commotes of Is Cennen and Deuddwr that have escheated to the king be kept in the king's hand, and are not dismembered, or leased to strangers, as this will be to the diminution of the king's profit.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.2) It does not please the king to do what is requested, but let it be ordered to the justice and the chamberlain to do what is to the king's profit.
- Places mentioned
- Yskenyn (Is Cennen) commote, [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
- Deuddwr commote, [Montgomeryshire, Wales].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1331 on the basis of Rees' dating. Rees thought that the petition dated to after the forfeiture of Roger de Mortimer in 1330, and must predate the restoration of the commotes to Mortimer's heir in 1331 (Petitions Relating to Wales::p.292).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a similar and contemporary petition by the community of North Wales, see SC 8/146/7289
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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.291-2 (full summary of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294484/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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