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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the King's land of Cardigan in West Wales. King. The people of Cardigan...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/220/10959
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This record is about the People of the King's land of Cardigan in West Wales. King. The people of Cardigan... dating from [c. 1298] 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 8/220/10959
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1298]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the King's land of Cardigan in West Wales.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people of Cardigan request an abatement of the 150 marks which they paid to Tybetot and Clement, in order that they should appeal to the king for them regarding their excessive extent of 105 marks per year. The extent was made by Bray following the first war, and is now being levied from them, but this is excessive, and Tybetot and Clement have done nothing.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Cardigan, [Cardiganshire], Wales.
- People mentioned
- Henry de Bray
- Robert Tybetot
- Geoffrey Clement
- Henry III, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- An inquisition into this matter, seemingly held as a consequence of this petition, was ordered on 25 November 1298 and held at Carmarthen on 10 February 1299.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a resultant inquisition into this matter, see no.13 of C 145/58
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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), pp.367-368 (summary translation of petition and associated inquisition)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. I, Hen III - Edw I, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1799 (calendar of associated inquisition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334518/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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