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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Jankyn ap Gwillym (Gwilym) of Chirk, archer. ap Gwillym (Gwilym) Jankyn King. archer...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/251/12505
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This record is about the Jankyn ap Gwillym (Gwilym) of Chirk, archer. ap Gwillym (Gwilym) Jankyn King. archer... dating from [1398] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/251/12505
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1398]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Jankyn ap Gwillym (Gwilym) of Chirk, archer.
- Name(s)
- ap Gwillym (Gwilym), Jankyn
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- archer
- Nature of request
- The petitioner, one of the king's archers of the Principality of Chester, requests that he be restored to his possession of certain property in 'the Blakediche' in the town of Oswestry, to hold of the king and his heirs on the same terms. The property had been granted to him by Richard, late Earl of Arundel, but had been seized into the king's hands following the forfeiture of the Earl.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Chirk, [Denbighshire, Wales]
- Cheshire
- Oswestry, [Shropshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard [FitzAlan], Earl of Arundel.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The property was restored to the petitioner as requested on 4 February 1398.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.11907 of C 81/572
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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.418 (summary translation of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.318 (restoration of this property to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440111/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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