Catalogue description Petitioners: Thomas Bek, Bishop of St David's. Name(s): Bek, Thomas ...

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Details of SC 8/138/6881
Reference: SC 8/138/6881
Description:
Petitioners: Thomas Bek, Bishop of St David's.
Name(s): Bek, Thomas
Addressees: King and council.
Occupation: Bishop of St David's
Nature of request: Petition concerning the damages committed against the bishop by the earl of Hereford, and (in four parts) concerning the bishops' complaints against Bogo de Knoville and his ministers.
Nature of endorsement: [On face: Responses to each part supplied immediately after the relevant section.][On dorse:] Petition of the Bishop of St David's.Petitions in parliament, Easter in the ninth year of Edward [I].
Places mentioned: Trallong, [Brecknockshire, Wales]; Carmarthen, [Carmarthenshire, Wales]; Brecon, [Brecknockshire, Wales]; Llanbadarn Fawr, [Cardiganshire, Wales]; Llangadog, [Carmarthenshire, Wales].
People mentioned: Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford; Richard [de Carew], Bishop of St David's; Bogo de Knoville, justice of West Wales; Rees Vachan.
Note: Dated by Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, p. 233; see also PROME, parliament of Easter 1281, Introduction.
Date: [1281]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.231-233 (summary of petition, with references)

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