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Tenants of the Prince of Wales of Llandimore and Kilvey. King and council. The tenants...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15683

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Reference
SC 8/331/15683
Date
[1301-1335]
Description
Petitioners
Tenants of the Prince of Wales of Llandimore and Kilvey.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The tenants of the Prince of Wales of Llandimore and Kilvey request that the council bring the matters specified in the petition to such an end that they are not esloined from their liege lord in defeasance of their estate. Gam held Llandimore and Kilvey of Llywelyn, Prince of Wales as of his principality in his lordship of Carmarthen, until Braose accroached the lands to himself. The Prince and the Earl of Warwick are now in dispute over the attendance of the tenants.
Nature of endorsement
Because this petition concerns our lord the King and his crown and the Prince, the petition should be sent before the King and his great council.
Places mentioned
Llandimore, [Glamorgan], Wales
Kilvey, [Glamorgan], Wales
Carmarthen, [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
London.
People mentioned
Llywelyn (ap Gruffydd), Prince of Wales
Morgan Gam
John de Brewes (Braose), Lord of Gower
[Guy or Thomas de Beauchamp], Earl of Warwick.
Note
Dated to 1301-35 by Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, pp. 500-1.
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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), pp.500-1 (translation of petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683094/

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