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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard le Keu (Cook) of Roger de Mortimer, justice of Wales. Keu (Cook) Richard...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/322/E540
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This record is about the Richard le Keu (Cook) of Roger de Mortimer, justice of Wales. Keu (Cook) Richard... dating from [c. 1316] 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 8/322/E540
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard le Keu (Cook) of Roger de Mortimer, justice of Wales.
- Name(s)
- Keu (Cook), Richard
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Keu requests that he can have the havotries in the county of Merioneth for life or a term of years, which Colier holds, rendering at the Exchequer of Caernarfon what Colier renders and 20s. more. He also requests that he can render other produce to the stocking of Harlech castle than the thousand cheeses, rendering corn, honey and other victuals.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered by writ of the king to the justices and chamberlain in those parts, that if they see that the havotries in the manner that the petitioner requests them can be granted to the profit of the king, then let it be handed over to him for the term of 10 years, to pay the accustomed farm and 20 shillings more as increment yearly.
- Places mentioned
- Merioneth, [Wales]
- Harlech, [Merioneth, Wales]
- Caernarfon, [Caernarfonshire, Wales]
- North Wales.
- People mentioned
- Roger le Mortymer (Mortimer), justice of Wales
- John Colier, burgess of Harlech.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1316 as the havotry in Merioneth was committed to John Collier at the beginning of that year (CFR 1307-19, p.271).
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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), pp.516-17 (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. II, Edw II, 1307-1319, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.271 (commitment of the same to John Colier)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529592/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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