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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
SC 8/337/15928
Date
[c. 1317]
Description
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.
Note
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).
Related material

For the attached schedule see SC 8/337/15929

For a related petition see SC 8/263/13117

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529680/

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