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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John le Mortumer (Mortimer), son and heir of Roger Mortimer, son of Roger Mortimer....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/263/13104
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This record is about the John le Mortumer (Mortimer), son and heir of Roger Mortimer, son of Roger Mortimer.... dating from [c. 1331-c. 1333] 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 8/263/13104
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1331-c. 1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John le Mortumer (Mortimer), son and heir of Roger Mortimer, son of Roger Mortimer.
- Name(s)
- le Mortumer (Mortimer), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Mortumer recounts that Roger Mortimer, late lord of Chirk, Penkelly, Blaenllyfni, Dinas and Narberth and other lands in Wales, and Marden, Winforton, Tedstone Wafer, Clifton, Hopton Wafers, the limits and park of Rowley, Hampton Wafer, Stanton Lacy, Harcourt and Worthen and in other [townships] in England, such that he was of the adherence and the quarrel of Thomas, late Earl of Lancaster, for which affiliation the King ... took and imprisoned Roger, lord of Chirk, and seized the said lands and held them until ... [Mortimer], lord of Wigmore, Earl of March, ... and made him nearest heir to Roger Mortimer, lord of Chirk, ... in the said lands with his own lands and has kept them. Roger Mortimer, lord of Chirk, requests that he be received as his heir and that justice be done to him.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram Rege.2) Neither the King nor the council are advised to ordain remedy yet because of the tender age of the child.
- Places mentioned
- Chirk, [Denbighshire], Wales
- Penkelly, [Brecknockshire], Wales
- Blaenllyfni, [Brecknockshire], Wales
- Dinas, [Brecknockshire, Wales]
- Narberth, [Pembrokeshire], Wales
- Wales
- Marden, [Herefordshire]
- Winforton, [Herefordshire]
- Tedescerne (Tedstone Wafer), [Herefordshire]
- Clifton [on Teme], [Worcestershire]
- Hopton Wafers, [Shropshire]
- Reuleye (Rowley), [Shropshire]
- Hampton Wafer, [Herefordshire]
- Staunton (Stanton Lacy), [Shropshire]
- Harcourt, [Shropshire]
- Worthynge (Worthen), [Shropshire]
- Wigmore, [Herefordshire].
- People mentioned
- Roger le Mortumer (Mortimer), son of Roger Mortimer and father of the petitioner
- Roger le Mortumer (Mortimer), father of Roger le Mortimer and grandfather of the petitioner
- Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
- [Roger Mortimer,] lord of Wigmore, Earl of March, nephew of Roger Mortimer, lord of Chirk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rees to c. 1331-3 and on the guard to? 1331, with reference to CFR 1327-37, p. 290, a 1331 commitment of the keeping of Chirk, late of Mortimer.
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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), pp.442-443 (translation of petition with references)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.290 (1331 commitment of the keeping of Chirk, late of Mortimer)
- The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, vol. IX, G.E. Cokayne; rev. H.A. Doubleday, G.H. White and Lord Howard de Walden, (, 1936), p.255 (partial transcription and discussion of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517048/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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