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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Estaundon (Staundon);2) Vivian de Estaundon (Staundon), constable of Harlech....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/312/E36
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This record is about the Robert de Estaundon (Staundon);2) Vivian de Estaundon (Staundon), constable of Harlech.... dating from [c. 1321] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/312/E36
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1321]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Estaundon (Staundon);2) Vivian de Estaundon (Staundon), constable of Harlech.
- Name(s)
- de Estaundon (Staundon); de Estaundon (Staundon), Robert; Vivian
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- 1) Robert de Estaundon requests a grant of the hundred of Pirehill in fee.2) Vivian de Estaundon requests the commote of Ardudwy for the extent rendered at the Exchequer of Caernarfon, saving pleas of justice and also the king's forest and pasture, for his fee for keeping the castle as the treasurer is unable to pay him regularly and his fee is often in arrears.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should go to the Exchequer.
- Places mentioned
- Pirehill hundred, Staffordshire
- Harlech, [Merioneth, Wales]
- Ardudwy commote, [Merioneth, Wales]
- Caernarfon, [Caernarfonshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Hugh de Bussey, escheator of Cheshire
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1321 as Vivian de Staundon was ordered to deliver the castle of Harlech to Roger de Swynnerton on 1 June 1321 (CPR 1317-21, p.593). It is not clear how long he had held the office prior to this, though it seems unlikely to have
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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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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.507 (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.593 (order to Vivian de Estaundon to deliver the castle of Harlech to Roger de Swynnerton)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529085/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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