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Community of free tenants of the commote of Estimaner and the county of Merioneth....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/196/9769
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This record is about the Community of free tenants of the commote of Estimaner and the county of Merioneth.... dating from [c. 1308] 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 8/196/9769
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1308]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of free tenants of the commote of Estimaner and the county of Merioneth.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The community of free tenants of the commote of Estimaner and the county of Merioneth state that they had formerly been obliged to roof the houses of the Prince of Wales at Estimaner with straw, but that after the conquest of Wales, this and other services were commuted to a payment of 20s annually. However, they were harassed by Robert de Exhale, sheriff of Merioneth, to rebuild the manor, which had been burnt down, although this was not their responsibility, so they requested a writ of inquiry from the King. This writ has now been returned by Roger de Mortuo Mari, Justice of Wales, and they request either a fitting response based on the tenor of this return, or another writ of inquiry.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because it is established by the assessment made after the conquest by the father of the present King that the maintenance of the said manor is arrented to the King at 20s annually, which rent the men of the said commote pay to the King annually, it seems to the auditors that the said men are not obliged to build the aforesaid manor again, and at the same time to pay the aforesaid rent.
- Places mentioned
- Estimaner commote, [Merioneth, Wales]
- Merioneth, [Wales].
- People mentioned
- Robert de Exhale (Eccleshall), Sheriff of Merioneth
- Roger de Mortuo Mari (Mortimer), Justice of Wales.
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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)
- Latin
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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.325 (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.49 (inquiry into this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295657/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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