Ffeil 203. - Inquisition taken at Cardiff, in full county of Glamorgan, before Dominus Nicholas de Clare, Sheriff of the same county, by ...,

Inquisition taken at Cardiff, in full county of Glamorgan, before Dominus Nicholas de Clare, Sheriff of the same county, by mandate of Dominus William La Zouche, Lord of Glamorgan and Morgan, and of Dame Alianora la Despenser, his consort, recited at length, dated at Cardiff, 9 Feb., in which is enclosed a petition of the Abbot and Convent of Margam to the said William and Alianora, complaining of the conduct of Earl Gilbert [de Clare], father of the lady Alianora aforesaid, in ousting them from lands in the mountains, which they had of the gift of Earl William, and from lands of the gift of Morgan, son of Cradok, late Lord of Auene all the land of Rossoulyn, as set forth in the respective charters, and confirmed by King John and the late Earl Gilbert [de Clare], Earl of Gloucester, so that the Abbey can no longer maintain ten monks as heretofore, and praying for restitution. Whereupon a jury of twenty-four, viz.: Sir Henry de Houmframville, kt, Sir Edward Stradling', kt,Sir Philip Flemyg', kt,. John Flemyg' of St. George, John de Auene, Leweline ap Kenewrek, Reginald de Somertone, Thomas de Merlawe, Richard Payn, William of Sainte-Marie-Churche, Alexander Le Prior, John Baudewyne, William Mailloc, Philip Goul, Philip Stiward, Henry Colyn, Thomas Symon, John Jeol, senior, John Odyn of Cardiff, Richard Elis, Roger Grant, William Vaghan ap Phelip, Madoc ap Wilim, Rees Vaghan ap Rees ap Howel, were impanelled, and having examined the charters wherein the alleged grants are contained, they find that the said Lord Gilbert de Clare, late Earl of Gloucester, father of the Lady Alianora, by the procuring and abetting of Stephen de Capenore and others, unlawfully ejected the monks of Margam from the lands now claimed, under pretence of afforesting the said lands; and that they were thus deprived of Terries grange, a grange in the moor near Cardiff, and pasture in Keuencribur, for which the said Earl delivered to the same monks Terries grange, etc., to be held in severally, and the mill of Kenefeg, for 8 marks yearly rent; and that the agreement between the parties was against the will of the Abbot and Convent. Latin. Small round seals, green wax. Sheriff's seal wanting. Seals of the jury:. 1, 2, Wanting. 3. A squirrel in a tree. ....Y . Onemote,. 4. A griffin, from a gem. s' Reginaldi. 5. Wanting. 6. A quatrefoil flower. Lel . Ami . Avet. 7. Wanting. 8. Defaced. 9. A quatrefoil flower. Legend broken away. 10, 11, 12, Wanting. 13. Two hands clasped; above them a flower. Lel. Ami. Avet. 14. A hare. PRIVE... 15. Head of St. John Baptist in a dish, over it an eagle. C[apvt . I]ohann[is]. 16. A shield of arms; a saltire lozengy. S' Iohann[is . I]vol. 17. A tun or barrel; beneath it a branch of flowers. [ S ] Iohannis . Od[yn]. 18. Heads of a man and a woman, between them a bird. Love. Me. Ande. I, PE'. 19. A shield of arms; a saltire between four escallops. [ S Roge]ri Gr[ant]. 20. Three shields of arms united together at their bases in the centre of the seal: (i) Vairé; (ii) a maunch, and in chief a label of three points; (iii) berry of six a bend. Legend wanting. 21. Small fragment. 22. A bird; legend wanting. 23 An ornamental flower; legend obscure. 24. Wanting.