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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Grendone (Grendon). de Grendone (Grendon) Robert King. Grendone requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/178/8877
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This record is about the Robert de Grendone (Grendon). de Grendone (Grendon) Robert King. Grendone requests... dating from [1315] 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 8/178/8877
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Grendone (Grendon).
- Name(s)
- de Grendone (Grendon), Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Grendone requests that he be paid for the £20 he spent from his own resources to maintain horses and arms as he was sheriff of Glamorgan and Morgannwg in the time of the earl of Gloucester and continued to serve after his death for the king's profit, holding courts, and attempting to bring the Welsh who had gone to war against the king back to the king's peace.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege so that the king can so his will upon this.2) He should have £10 from the issues of those parts for his expenses.
- Places mentioned
- Glamorgan, [Wales]
- Morgannwg, [Glamorgan, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1315 as an order for the payment of the petitioner was made on 13 March 1315, and it is clear that the petitioner was no longer sheriff and he was replaced on 28 July 1314, and was again appointed on 8 July 1315 (CCR 1313-18, p.162; List of Sheriffs, p.257).
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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.299 (full summary of petition)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.162 (payment to the petitioner of £10)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294745/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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