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Madoc ap Griffid (Gruffydd) of Hendwr. Griffid (Gruffydd) Madoc King. Ardudwy commote,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/319/E379

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This record is about the Madoc ap Griffid (Gruffydd) of Hendwr. Griffid (Gruffydd) Madoc King. Ardudwy commote,... dating from [1318] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/319/E379
Date
[1318]
Description
Petitioners
Madoc ap Griffid (Gruffydd) of Hendwr.
Name(s)
Griffid (Gruffydd), Madoc
Addressees
King.
Places mentioned
Ardudwy commote, Merioneth, [Wales]
Penllyn commote, Merioneth, [Wales]
Caernarfon, [Caernarfonshire, Wales].
Nature of request
Griffid requests that the king will grant him for his service that he can hold the bailiwicks of the rhaglawry of the commotes of Ardudwy and Penllyn for life discharged of the farm in the manner that his father held the same from the king. He already holds the same at farm.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.
Note
The petition dates to 1318 as the request was granted on 26 November 1318 (CPR 1317-21, p.243). It is possible that this petition is part of the group of petitions that formed an original file at the end of file 318 and in this file dating to 1318-1319.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/51/2534

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
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), p.514 (calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.243 (grant to petitioner of this rhaglawry, dated at York, 26 November 1318)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529431/

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