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Abbot of Neath. King. Abbot of Neath [Petition in 4 parts:]1) The abbot requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/241/12038

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Reference
SC 8/241/12038
Date
[1336]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Neath.
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Abbot of Neath
Nature of request
[Petition in 4 parts:]1) The abbot requests confirmation of their charter of King John which has been damaged in the wars, the seal being broken and worn but still recognisable.2) He requests confirmation of an exchange made between the late earl of Gloucester and the abbot's predecessor of £100 sack rent for land taken in Glamorgan and Morgannwg by the earl.3) He requests confirmation of a grant of Mowbray of licence to hold in mortmain the land of ap Howel in Llandeilo Tal-y-bont and appropriate the church there.4) He requests confirmation of the grant of a burgage in the marsh of Neath to their house by the Zouches.He requests these because the lands are not of the king's lordship but of the lands of Wales and held of the lords who have all manner of royal liberties.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Neath, [Glamorgan, Wales]
Glamorgan, [Wales]
Morganno (Morgannwg, Glamorgan), [Wales]
Talbont (Llandeilo Tal-y-bont), [Glamorgan, Wales]
Gower, [Glamorgan, Wales].
People mentioned
Gilbert [de Clare], Earl of Gloucester
Adam, Abbot of Neath
Rees Watham ap Rees ap Howel
William la Zouche
Eleanor [la Zouche], wife of William la Zouche.
Note
The petition dates to 1336 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed and the inspeximus date to 8 April 1336 [10 Edw. III] (C 81/231/9538; CChR 1327-41, p.357).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.9538 in C 81/231

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.404-5 (calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. IV, 1-14 Edw III, 1327-1341, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.357 (inspeximus and confirmation)
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