Burgesses of Llanbadarn Fawr. King and council. The burgesses of Llanbadarn Fawr...

Petitioners

Burgesses of Llanbadarn Fawr.

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

The burgesses of Llanbadarn Fawr make five complaints and request a remedy:1) They state that they are enfranchised by the charter of Edward I and the confirmation of the present King to plead all manner of pleas in their town, but in the time of Gilbert Talbot, Justice of South Wales, they have been compelled to answer at Carmarthen, where they fear to go because of the enmity between themselves and the Welsh.2) They state that they used to have housebote and haybote between the Aeron and the Dovey, but that this has been taken from them by the great men of the country.3) They state that they used to have a market every Monday, according to the charter of Edward I and the confirmation of the present King, but that this has been taken from them by the great men of the country.4) They state that although they are enfranchised by the same charter to be free throughout the realm of England, customs are demanded from them in Bristol, Chester, Shrewsbury, Dublin, Drogheda and other places.5) They state that the people of the country buy and sell oxen, cows, sheep, wool, iron and other merchandise in their houses and hamlets, to their great detriment.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

Llanbadarn Fawr, [Cardiganshire, Wales]

Carmarthen, [Carmarthenshire, Wales]

South Wales

River Aeron (Afon Aeron), [Wales]

River Dovey (Afon Dyfi), [Wales]

Bristol

Chester, [Cheshire]

Shrewsbury, [Shropshire]

Dublin, Ireland

Drogheda, Ireland.

People mentioned

Edward [I], King of England

Gilbert Talbot, Justice of South Wales.

For instructions to the Chancellor to do justice on the matters contained in this petition, see no.8200 of C 81/217

• Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.398 (calendar of petition)
• Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.75 (brief calendar of relevant part of petition)