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? No Petitioner named Draft writ of Edward II to the justice of Wales, ordering an...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/179/8909

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Reference
SC 8/179/8909
Date
[c. 1316]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Draft writ of Edward II to the justice of Wales, ordering an inquisition into the terms of a puture once exacted from the abbey by Prince Dafydd and now again demanded.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] William de Sutton.
Places mentioned
Wales
Bardsey, [Caernarfonshire, Wales]
Caernarfon, [Caernarfonshire, Wales].
People mentioned
Roger de Mortimer, justice of Wales
Abbot of Bardsey
David (Dafydd) [ap Gruffudd]
Llywelyn [ap Gruffudd], Prince of Wales
Edward [I], King of England
Sheriff of Caernarfon
William de Sutton.
Note
This would appear to relate to the inquisition held by Mortimer which led to the pardon of the sums concerned on 18 May 1316 (CPR 1313-17, pp.469-70), as requested in the petition from the abbot at SC 8/179/8910. Since the request was successful, it therefore seems most likely that this document forms a draft writ submitted by the abbot with that petition, rather than a later copy of the writ actually issued to Mortimer.
Related material

For another petition from this abbot see SC 8/92/4568

For the petition from the abbot with which this document was probably presented see SC 8/179/8910

For an earlier inquisition into this matter see SC 8/180/8959

For an earlier writ of enquiry into this matter, probably presented with the same petition, see SC 8/179/8911

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
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.299-300 (summary of document, with references)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.469-70 (resultant grant of pardon)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294777/

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