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Dean and Chapter of Bangor. King. The Dean and Chapter request that they are granted...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/326/E769

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Reference
SC 8/326/E769
Date
[c. 1307]
Description
Petitioners
Dean and Chapter of Bangor.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The Dean and Chapter request that they are granted a delay in the demand made by the justice of North Wales for £113 for the tenth of Pope Boniface until they are able to enquire of the register of Testa for good warrant of their payment of the tenth, and that they not be distrained in the meantime. They made payment of the sum for which they had good acquittances from Testa, but these were burnt with other muniments which they had deposited in the belfry of Bangor which they had regarded as the most safe place.
Nature of endorsement
Coram magno consilio.
Places mentioned
Bangor, [Caernarfonshire, Wales].
People mentioned
Justice of North Wales
William de Testa, chief collector of the papal tenth.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1307 on the basis of references to the bishop and chapter being sub-collectors of the clerical tenth dating to 1303 and 1306, and to an inhibition against William de Testa and Peter Almauini pending a decision by the council concerning petitions exhibited by them, which may relate to this present petition and dates to 1307 (CCR 1307-13, pp. 118-120, 382-4, 538).
Related material

For a petition by the bishop of Bangor on a related matter, see SC 8/31/1537

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.523 (calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), pp.118-120, 382-4 (orders to the bishop and chapter, sub-collectors amongst many others concerning the levying of the tenth) & p.538 (probably related inhibition to William de Testa and Peter Almauini while the council considers certain petitions exhibited by them)
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