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Roger de Mortemer (Mortimer) of Chirk. de Mortemer (Mortimer) Roger King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/334/E1124

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Reference
SC 8/334/E1124
Date
[1315-1316]
Description
Petitioners
Roger de Mortemer (Mortimer) of Chirk.
Name(s)
de Mortemer (Mortimer), Roger
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Mortemer requests remedy so that he is not disinherited as Lloyd and ap Eynon were indicted of robbery and many other felonies made by them in the liberty of St Clears by solemn inquisition and were imprisoned as felons, when, by order of Martin, Phelip and other ministers of Carmarthen by force and arms broke the prison of St Clears belonging to the petitioner and took the prisoners to Carmarthen where they are still detained. Mortemer has requested their delivery in award and judgement of the peers of the county but the justice has delayed.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be ordered by writ of the great seal to the justice of South Wales that he inform himself with others of the king's council upon the contents of this petition, and if Mortemer is able to show that he has this liberty then he should cause his error to be amended, and if there is a difficulty so that he is not able to proceed then he should inform the king and council.
Places mentioned
St Clears, [Carmarthenshire]
Carmarthen, [Carmarthenshire]
Chirk, [Denbighshire].
People mentioned
Ieuan Lloyd
Ieuan ap Eynon
William Martin, justice of South Wales
Thomas Phelip, minister of Carmarthenshire
Ieuan Dou, minister of Carmarthenshire
Ieuan ap Ricard, minister of Carmarthenshire
Robert Las, minister of Carmarthenshire.
Note
The petition is dated to 1315-1316 on the basis of the dating ascribed to this petition by Rees. Rees noted that the petitioner served in the office of justice of Wales from 1308-1315, and again from 1316 to 1322, and that in the time between the two terms, William Martin held the office, and it is actions that the petitioner complains of.
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.527-8 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683249/

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