Piece
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
Item
People of Maelor Saesneg. King. [Much of this petition is illegible.]The people of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/200/9953
What’s it about?
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.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/200/9953
-
Date (When the record was created)
- [1278-1283]
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
- 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).
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- Latin
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
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)
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295842/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
74,884 records
18,283 records
52 records
You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/200/9953
People of Maelor Saesneg. King. [Much of this petition is illegible.]The people of...
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.