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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Maelor Saesneg. King. [Much of this petition is illegible.]The people of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/200/9953
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This record is about the People of Maelor Saesneg. King. [Much of this petition is illegible.]The people of... dating from [1278-1283] 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 8/200/9953
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1278-1283]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Maelor Saesneg.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Much of this petition is illegible.]The people of Maelor Saesneg ask to be received into the King's peace, promising to serve him against his enemies.
- Nature of endorsement
- Roger de Mortuo Mari is to be given a patent to receive the Welsh people of Maelor Saesneg into the King's pleasure; and he is afterwards to deliver them to Roger Extraneus because they are near Ellesmere. And Roger is to be ordered to receive them etc.
- Places mentioned
- Maelor Saesneg commote, [Flintshire, Wales]
- Ellesmere, [Cheshire].
- People mentioned
- Llywelyn Vachan (Vaughan)
- [Roger de Meuland], Bishop of Coventry [and Lichfield]
- William [I], King of England
- Roger Extraneus (Lestrange)
- Robert de Crevequer
- David filius Griffini (ap Gruffudd)
- Roger de Mortuo Mari (Mortimer).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1278-1283 by Petitions Relating to Wales pp.333-4.
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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)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.333-4 (transcription of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295842/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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