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Thomas Bek, Bishop of St David's. Bek Thomas King. Bishop of St David's [Part of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/276/13778

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SC 8/276/13778
Date
[1290]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Bek, Bishop of St David's.
Name(s)
Bek, Thomas
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Bishop of St David's
Nature of request
[Part of this petition is faded and illegible.]The Bishop of St Davids requests that the King [...] by his justices in pleas to be heard in the bishopric of St Davids specially assigned, [...] his wife, of the manor of New Moat that is of the fee of the bishopric [...] so that the statute of the King issued lest any tenements [...] come.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] The fine was levied at Llawhaden before Pederton.
Places mentioned
St Davids, [Pembrokeshire, Wales]
New Moat, [Pembrokeshire, Wales]
Llawhaden, [Pembrokeshire, Wales].
People mentioned
Walter de Pederton.
Note
Dated by Rees to 1290 but on the guard to 1298-1308, with reference to CFR 1272-1307, p. 404, a September 1298 appointment of Pederton as justice in St Davids.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
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.465 (full translation of petition with references)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. I, Edw I, 1272-1307, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.404 (commitment of Pederton as justice in St Davids)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517725/

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