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Walter de Hereford, master mason of Caernarfon. de Hereford Walter King. master mason...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/275/13741

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Reference
SC 8/275/13741
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
Walter de Hereford, master mason of Caernarfon.
Name(s)
de Hereford, Walter
Addressees
King.
Occupation
master mason of Caernarfon
Nature of request
Hereford requests that it be commanded that he be paid for the time that he was on the works of the castle as is attested by Leominster's letters patent to the treasurer that reside in the custody of the chamberlains of the Exchequer.
Nature of endorsement
Let a writ of Chancery de liberate be sent to the treasurer and chamberlain to deliver the sum requested, and let Leominster, chamberlain of Caernarfon be charged.
Places mentioned
Caernarfon, [Caernarfonshire, Wales].
People mentioned
Hugh de Leauministre (Leominster), late chamberlain of North Wales and chamberlain of Caernarfon
Walter de Langton, treasurer.
Note
The petition is dated to 1305 as a Latin summary of the petition was enrolled on the section of the parliament roll which was produced for the Lent parliament of 1305 (PROME, roll 12, Introduction, and Appendix, no.218). The enrolled writ of liberate for this dates to 30 March 1305 (C 62/81, m.6).
Related material

For the enrolled writ of liberate to the treasurer for the works, see m.6 in C 62/81

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.462 (calendar of petition)
  • Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), pp.129-30 (no.208) (Latin summary and full edition of petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.167b (no.76) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 12, appendix, no.218 (full edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
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