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  • Translation: 'Let inquiry be made on behalf of the lord the king whether John ap Rhydderch ap David ap Iolyn lately of Penllwyn in the county of Caernarvon, yeoman, on the first day of September in the thirty eighth year of the reign of Henry the Eighth by the grace of God, of England, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith and on earth Supreme Head of the English and Irish Church, at Pwllheli with force and arms etc. made rescue upon ... Lloyd ap Madog and Hugh ap David ap Ieuan ap Gruffydd, bailiffs of the lord the king of the aforesaid town because Lewis Gof placed divers ... against the aforesaid John ap Rhydderch etc. because the aforesaid ... did not appear in any court of the lord the king etc.' Footnote: it is enrolled. Endorsement: true bill by Pwllheli. Source: W. Ogwen Williams (ed.), 'Calendar of the Caernarvonshire Quarter Sessions Records' (1956), p. 30.
Indictment, 1 September 1546
  • Jury Panel: Jurata pro comotis de Uchgor', Evyon', Dynllayn, Gaff' et Kem. Ieu'n ap Gruff'ap D'd Gruff'ap D'd ap Ieu'n ap Gr' Ieu'n ap Ho'll ap Ieu'n ap Ho'll Juratus John ap Eign' ap Dicus ap Iollyn D'd ap John ap Res Juratus Thom's ap John ap Gr' ap Ho'll Juratus John ap John Juratus (Will'm ap D'd ap Eign') (John ap ) Ho'll ap John ap Ll'ap Iollyn Juratus Ho'll ap Rob't ap Ll' ap Eign' Juratus Rob't ap Eign' ap Ho'll ap Atha Juratus (John Owyn ap Mered') D'd Lloyd ap Ho'll ap D'd Juratus Mered' ap Guttyn ap Lli' Ieu'n ap Res ap Ho'll Ieu'n ap Res ap Lli' ap Ho'l D'd ap Ho'll ap Lewys Thom's ap Lli' Vich'n Juratus p' Hugh ap Gr' ap Ieu'n ap Hulkyn(a) Juratus Ieu'n ap Res ap Ieu'n ap Res Juratus Ric' ap Rob't ap Res Juratus Insertion: (a) vjs. viijd. quia deliberavit billam parti. Footnote: Quia predictus Hugo ap Gr' et jurati predicti deliberaverunt quandam billam de felonia presentatam versus Henricum ap W'm ap D'd ap Jankyn cuidam Ric'o Grenes sine licencia Curie ideo ipse in mercia videlicet de quolibet eorum xijd. Presentant in libro. Source: W. Ogwen Williams (ed.), 'Calendar of the Caernarvonshire Quarter Sessions Records' (1956), pp. 39-40.
Jury Panel, n.d. (c.1540-1550s)
  • This indictment reads as follows: 'Robert ap Llywelyn ap Ieuan ap David of Castell, yeoman, Thomas ap Robert ap Llywelyn, yeoman, Robert ap Hywel ap David, yeoman, (Catherine ferch David ap Robert, housewife, and Marsli ferch Robert ap Llywelyn, housewife) all of the same, at Castell unlawfully assembled themselves together in an illegal assembly in a hostile, riotous and armed manner and entered upon certain parcels of land called Tir Blethyn Cowlwyd lately demised by Richard Bulkeley, knight, deceased and by John Wyn and others to a certain Catherine ferch Rhys Wyn for a term of years not yet finished and expelled the said Catherine from her possession and made assault upon her and upon Margaret ferch Edmund ap Rhys. Endorsement: Jurata comotorum; billa vera de insulto super infranominatam Katring.' Source: W. Ogwen Williams (ed.), 'Calendar of the Caernarvonshire Quarter Sessions Records' (1956), p. 42.
Indictment, 10 March 1547
  • Writ of Venire Facias for a jury. 'The sheriff is ordered to summon twenty four men from the neighbourhood of Llangļan to appear before the Justices at Llangian on Tuesday, February 5th, to inquire if Owen ap Tudur Fychan of Llangian, gentleman, and other malefactors forcibly entered upon a certain messuage and tenement lying in a place called Mynyth Myniffo which lately belonged to Gutyn Llewelyn ap Eingion in the township aforesaid and was in the possession of Lewis ap Gutyn Llewelyn and David Lloyd ap John Gruffydd, whom they expelled and disseised therefrom.The writ is tested and signed by Eliza Morys and Gruffydd ap Robert Fychan, esquires, Justices of the Peace. Endorsement: vera; per me Johannem Smythe, deputatum Clerici Pacis.' Source: W. Ogwen Williams (ed.), 'Calendar of the Caernarvonshire Quarter Sessions Records' (1956), pp. 57-8.
Writ of Venire Facias for a jury, 8 January 1548
  • This indictment reads as follows: 'Ieuan ap David ap Ieuan ap Gruffydd of Bodrith, gentleman and Jonet ferch Richard, his wife, housewife, at Bodrith broke and entered the close of Gruffydd ap Ieuan Tudur and depastured with their cattle the hay and corn of the said Gruffydd and with certain others dug up and ruined Gruffydd's garden. Endorsement: billa vera.' Source: W. Ogwen Williams (ed.), 'Calendar of the Caernarvonshire Quarter Sessions Records' (1956), p. 91.
Indictment, 21 April 1552
  • This indictment reads as follows: 'Annes ferch Hywel alian Anni Hywel of Llannor, spinster, at Llangian at about midnight entered the house of John ap Robert ap Llywelyn ap Ithel, esq., and feloniously took away a cloak worth 12d., (6s. 8d. and two sheets worth 3s. 4d. (belonging to the said John). Marginal note: irrotulatur. Footnote: retornatur. [No endorsement]' Source: W. Ogwen Williams (ed.), 'Calendar of the Caernarvonshire Quarter Sessions Records' (1956), p. 125.
Indictment, 24 October 1553