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Llywelyn ap Oweyn. ap Oweyn Llywelyn King. The petitioner, who is in the custody...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/278/13891
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This record is about the Llywelyn ap Oweyn. ap Oweyn Llywelyn King. The petitioner, who is in the custody... dating from [c. 1283] 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 8/278/13891
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1283]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Llywelyn ap Oweyn.
- Name(s)
- ap Oweyn, Llywelyn
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner, who is in the custody of the Bishop of St David's by the King's command, requests restitution of the moiety of the commote of Gwynionydd and of the gwestfa of Gwascarawg of which Rhys ap Maredudd had disseised him by suggestion made at the King's court, when the petitioner has not in any way acted against the King's peace.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have a writ of Chancery that the seneschal of West Wales should give him his share.
- Places mentioned
- St David's, [Pembrokeshire, Wales]
- Gwynionydd, [Cardiganshire, Wales]
- Waskaron (Gwascarawg), [Cardiganshire, Wales]
- West Wales.
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Beck], Bishop of St Davids
- Rees (Rhys) ap Mereduk (ap Maredudd).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rees to c.1283, with reference to a related entry on the patent roll (CPR 1281-92, p.84). Rhys ap Maredudd appears to have gained lands from c. 1282, but was disinherited by Edward I in 1287 (R.R. Davies, 'The Age of Conquest', p.361).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Royal Letters 1580
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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.465-6 (full translation of petition with references)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.84 (restitution to Rees ap Maredudd of lands, provided he restore other lands to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517839/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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