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Trahern ap Madoc of Brecon. ap Madoc Trahern King. The petitioner requests the release...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/279/13922

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Reference
SC 8/279/13922
Date
[1274-1276]
Description
Petitioners
Trahern ap Madoc of Brecon.
Name(s)
ap Madoc, Trahern
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The petitioner requests the release of his son Madoc who, with the petitioner, stood with the Prince of Wales before coming to the peace of the King and the Earl of Hereford, but the prince caused Madoc to be taken unjustly and keeps him in prison.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Brecon, [Brecknockshire, Wales].
People mentioned
Madoc [ap Trahern], son of the petitioner
[Llewelyn ap Gruffydd], Prince of Wales
[Humphrey de Bohun], Earl of Hereford.
Note
Dated by Rees to 1274-6.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Royal letters 3739.
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.468 (full translation of petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517870/

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