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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Henry Somer of Conway. Somer Henry King. Somer requests that for the service he has...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/268/13359
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/268/13359
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry Somer of Conway.
- Name(s)
- Somer, Henry
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Somer requests that for the service he has done the king in North Wales the king wiil grant the farm of the manor of Aber for the term of 5 years for an increase of the farm of 10s.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the justice be commanded that he grant Somer the manor to Aber to hold the same for the term under the king's seal used in Wales by an increase of 8 marks.
- Places mentioned
- Conway, [Cearnarfonshire, Wales]
- Aber, [Caernarfonshire, Wales].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1331 on the basis of the dating given on the guard.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/140/6984
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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.451-2 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517306/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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