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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Fitz Garyn (Fitz Warin, Fitz Warren), keeper of the castle and lands of Montgomery....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/239/11909
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This record is about the William Fitz Garyn (Fitz Warin, Fitz Warren), keeper of the castle and lands of Montgomery.... dating from [1342] 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 8/239/11909
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1342]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Fitz Garyn (Fitz Warin, Fitz Warren), keeper of the castle and lands of Montgomery.
- Name(s)
- Fitz Garyn (Fitz Warin, Fitz Warren), William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- keeper of the castle and lands of Montgomery
- Nature of request
- William Fitz Garyn, keeper of the castle and lands of Montgomery, states that Chirbury hundred and its profits has always been attached to the wardship of this castle, and the Keepers of the castle have always held the grand tourns in the hundred, and the prisoners from these tourns have been brought to Montgomery castle to be arraigned at common law. William is now arraigned before the King's justices on this, and asks that this wardship might be confirmed, as it was in the time of the King's progenitors.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Montgomery, [Montgomeryshire, Wales]
- Chirbury hundred, [Shropshire]
- Welsh March.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For instructions to the Chancellor to inquire into this matter, in response to a related petition, see no.14760 of C 81/283
For instructions to the Chancellor to provide a remedy in accordance with justice and past usage, see no.14498 of C 81/280
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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), p.399 (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1793 (inquisition into this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335473/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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