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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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David Gethyn and his brothers. Gethyn David King and Council. [This petition is damaged...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/337/15928
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This record is about the David Gethyn and his brothers. Gethyn David King and Council. [This petition is damaged... dating from [c. 1317] 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 8/337/15928
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1317]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- David Gethyn and his brothers.
- Name(s)
- Gethyn, David
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged and incomplete.]The petitioners appear to request the return of land near Trefvaurvaghan, which they have lost following the building of the castle at Beaumaris.
- Nature of endorsement
- Order by writ of chancery to the Justice of Wales or his lieutenant to enquire into the contents of the petition according to the tenor of the attached transcript, namely into the site of the castle and the value of the land concerned, and return this into chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Trefvaurvaghan (Trefvawr Vachan) [unidentified], [Anglesey, Wales]
- Beaumaris, [Anglesey, Wales]
- Chirk, [Denbighshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Mortimer of Chirk, formerly Justice of Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Must date to some point after the date of the writ of 4 June 1317, a transcript of which was presented with the petition (now SC 8/337/15929).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the attached schedule see SC 8/337/15929
For a related petition see SC 8/263/13117
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529680/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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