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King's bond people of his havotry in the county of Merioneth. King and council. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/258/12874
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This record is about the King's bond people of his havotry in the county of Merioneth. King and council. The... dating from [? c. 1307-? c. 1327] 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 8/258/12874
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1307-? c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- King's bond people of his havotry in the county of Merioneth.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The King's bond people of his havotry in the county of Merioneth state that when robberies are committed against them by unknown people and the tithing member for the tithing where the robberies took place presents this before the sheriff at the great hundreds twice a year, the sheriff has the sum stolen levied from the chattels of the poor people of the tithing, contrary to the ancient usages of the country. They ask that those who have been robbed in this way might have the chattels levied by the Sheriff.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ is to be issued to the justice of North Wales that those who have been robbed are to have the chattels levied by the Sheriff, provided that they raised and prosecuted the hue on the day when they were robbed, or on the morrow they did not dare to raise and prosecute the hue before for fear of death.
- Places mentioned
- Merioneth, [Wales]
- North Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated to the reign of Edward II by Petitions Relating to Wales pp.437-8; and this would seem to accord with the hand and the Latin endorsement.
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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)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.437-438 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440486/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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