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Griffith de la Pole, son and heir of Owain de la Pole. de la Pole Griffith King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/280/13997

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This record is about the Griffith de la Pole, son and heir of Owain de la Pole. de la Pole Griffith King.... dating from [c. 1307-1313] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/280/13997
Date
[c. 1307-1313]
Description
Petitioners
Griffith de la Pole, son and heir of Owain de la Pole.
Name(s)
de la Pole, Griffith
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Griffith de la Pole requests that he may have his lands for the extent, paying what his uncle Griffith now pays. The castle of Welshpool (Powis castle) is ruinous, so that he will not be able to rebuild it for £300.1)
Nature of endorsement
It should be assigned by writ of Chancery to Harley ... and he should inquire into the state of the castle ...
Places mentioned
La Pole (Welshpool), [Montgomeryshire, Wales]
Powis Castle, [Montgomeryshire, Wales].
People mentioned
Owain de la Pole, father of the petitioner
Griffith, uncle of the petitioner
Richard de Harleye (Harley).
Note
Dated by Rees to c. 1307-1313.
Related material

For a related petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/261/13027

For a duplicate of SC 8/261/13027 see SC 8/332/15790

For a related petition see SC 8/3/119

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Royal letters 4691
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), pp.472-3 (full translation of petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517948/

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