William Broun (Brown), parson of Llanrwst. Broun (Brown) William Council. parson...

Petitioners

William Broun (Brown), parson of Llanrwst.

Name(s)

Broun (Brown), William

Addressees

Council.

Occupation

parson of Llanrwst

Nature of request

William Broun, parson of the church of Llanrwst, complains that he was presented to the church by the King, and admitted and instituted by the Archbishop of Canterbury on 21 January in the King's thirteenth year (1390), but that Gruffudd Vaghan, Hywel Coytmaure, Rhys ap Gryffyth, Robert ap Gryffyth, Gruffudd Lya ap Gryffyth, Llywelyn ap Ken Duy, parson of the church of Gwytherin, Gruffudd Effir, chaplain of Dolwyddelan, Maredudd ap Howel Vaghan, David ap Cragh, Gruffudd ap Warthek and others occupied the church with lay force to prevent him from gaining possession. He brought a letter of the privy seal to the Chamberlain of North Wales and others to remove this lay force, and as a result was put in possession at the Nativity of John the Baptist last. But on the following 4 July the people name above drove him out again, and broke into the coffers and trunks of his church, and stole the offerings and profits.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

Llanrwst, [Denbighshire, Wales]

St Asaph diocese

Gwytherin, [Denbighshire, Wales]

Dolwyddelan, [Caernarfonshire, Wales]

Northampton, [Northamptonshire]

North Wales.

People mentioned

[William Courtenay], Archbishop of Canterbury

Gruffudd Vaghan

Hywel Coytmaure

Rhys ap Gryffyth (Gruffudd)

Robert ap Gryffyth (Gruffudd)

Gruffudd Lya ap Gryffyth (Gruffudd)

Llywelyn ap Ken Duy, parson of the church of Gwytherin

Gruffudd Effir, chaplain of Dolwyddelan

Maredudd ap Howel (Hywel) Vaghan

David (Dafydd) ap Cragh

Gruffudd ap Warthek.

For a bill of the privy seal resulting from this petition, see SC 8/238/11853

• Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.394 (calendar of petition)
• Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1389-1392, (Public Record Office, 1923), p.295 (recognisance by Gruffudd Vaghan and his son to the petitioner, with defeasance upon certain conditions) & p.296 (another recognisance and defeasance to the petitioner, by several people)