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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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David Gethyn ap David Vachan, free tenant of the cantref of Aberffraw. ap David Vachan...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/263/13117
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This record is about the David Gethyn ap David Vachan, free tenant of the cantref of Aberffraw. ap David Vachan... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1309] 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 8/263/13117
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1309]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- David Gethyn ap David Vachan, free tenant of the cantref of Aberffraw.
- Name(s)
- ap David Vachan, David Gethyn
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- free tenant
- Nature of request
- Gethyn requests that whereas Vachan held freely in lawful inheritance a hamlet called Trefvawr Vachan in which the town and castle of Beaumaris are situated, for which Edward I ordered Havering to make allowance for so many of the lands elsewhere, and while Vachan repaired from the second war in Scotland, Havering was removed from office so that no allowance was made to him, that the King will accomplish and complete his father's will so that the petitioner is not disinherited.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- The same David prosecuting. 2) The Justice of North Wales is ordered to learn if the land contained in the petition is in the King's hand or not, and if it is by what manner and how and by what cause and if something ... or to any of his ancestors ... of the said land and certify the King of the true value.
- Places mentioned
- Aberffraw cantref, Anglesey, [Wales]
- Trefvawr Vachan [unidentified], [Anglesey, Wales]
- Dyndartho (Dindaethwy) hundred, [Anglesey, Wales]
- Beaumaris, [Anglesey, Wales]
- Wales
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- David Vachan
- [Edward I], King of England
- John de Haveringe (Havering), late justice of Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rees to c. 1307-9.
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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), p.444 (translation of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517061/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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