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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Community of Pembrokeshire. Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England. The community...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/297/14840
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This record is about the Community of Pembrokeshire. Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England. The community... dating from [1330-1333] 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 8/297/14840
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330-1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Pembrokeshire.
- Addressees
- Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England.
- Nature of request
- The community of Pembrokeshire request a wise and suitable governor to govern their county, as since the death of the Earl of March, who was warden of Pembrokeshire by the King's grant because of the minority of Laurence de Hastyng, they have been without governance, and malefactors have been emboldened to kill, rob and maim.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Pembrokeshire, [Wales].
- People mentioned
- [John Stratford], Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England
- [Roger de Mortimer], Earl of March, warden of Pembrokeshire
- Laurence de Hastyng (Hastings), [Earl of Pembroke].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to 1330-1333 by mention of John Stratford, Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. A Richard Simond is mentioned as Steward of Pembrokeshire on 14 October 1331 (CCR 1330-3 pp.270-271), and on 3 December 1331 an unnamed Steward (probably Richard Simond) is mentioned (CCR 1330-3 pp.405-406). Simond's appointment might have been as a result of this petition, but on the other hand this petition might be against him as inadequate for the office.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related but much later petition see SC 8/338/E1197
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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- A Calendar of the Public Records relating to Pembrokeshire, vol. III, ed. H. Owen, (, 1918), pp.13-14 (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.478-9 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518042/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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