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Grono ap Cragh. ap Cragh Grono King and council. Grono ap Cragh states that he has...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/261/13036
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/261/13036
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Grono ap Cragh.
- Name(s)
- ap Cragh, Grono
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Grono ap Cragh states that he has served the King's grandfather and father in peace and war, and as a reward for this service was given the rhingildry of the commote of Menai by Edward II. Now William de Shaldeford, lieutenant of the Justice of Wales, has taken this bailiwick from him without due reason, so he asks that letters might be sent to the Justice of Wales to return it to him, as he is not guilty of anything by which he should lose it.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] His charter for the said bailiwick is in the Treasury of Caernarfon.[On dorse] The Justice of North Wales or his lieutenant is to be ordered that when he has seen his charter and [when he has called] before him [those who are to] be called, [he is to do] justice.
- Places mentioned
- Menai, [Anglesey], Wales
- North Wales
- Caernarfon, [Caernarfonshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Edward [I], King of England
- [Edward II], King of England
- William de Shaldeford, lieutenant of the Justice of Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- William de Shaldeford was lieutenant of Roger de Mortimer, Justice of Wales, between 1327 and 1330, and this petition would therefore seem to date from this period or shortly afterwards.
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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.440-1 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516980/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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