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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
  • Translation: '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 to the sheriff of Caernarvon, greeting. We order you that you omit not on account of any liberty in your bailiwick but that you enter it and cause to come before our Justices assigned to keep the peace in your county and to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanours perpetrated in the same county on Monday next after the feast of Epiphany next to come at Caernarvon twenty four free and lawful men from each hundred and from each borough in your bailiwick aforesaid to do there those things which shall be enjoined upon them on behalf of the lord the king. Furthermore you are to make known to all stewards, constables, subconstables and bailiffs within the hundreds and boroughs aforesaid that they are then to be there having with them adequately put in writing all the names of artificers, labourers and servants within their bailiwicks taking [wages] in excess against the form of the ordinances and statutes. Moreover, you are to cause it to be proclaimed that all those who wish as well as for us as for themselves to complain or prosecute any suits against these same artificers, labourers and servants according to the form of the ordinances and statutes aforesaid are then to be there before the Justices to prosecute in respect thereof. And you yourself are then to be there with the bailiffs of the hundreds, liberties and boroughs aforesaid having with you all the names of stewards, constables [and] jurors and this precept. Witness[es] being John Puleston, knight and his associates, our Justices for the Peace in your county. Given on the 20th day of December in the 38th year of our reign.'
Writ of Summons, 20 December 1546 [image 1 of 2]
  • 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 list of persons unlawfully playing games reads as follows: 'John ap Ieuan ap Robert, David ap Ieuan ap Hywel, David ap Morgan ap David ap Hywel ap Ieuan, David ap Robert ap John, John ap Rhys ap Llywelyn Wethe, Hugh ap David ap Ieuan ap Rhys and Lewis ap Richard
List of persons unlawfully playing games, 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
  • This Presentment reads as follows (translation): 'It is true that Alice ferch Gruffydd lately of Caernarvon, housewife, the 20th day of July in the second year of the reign of King Edward the Sixth with force and arms entered into the house of Elin Lewis lately of Caernarvon and made an assault on the aforesaid Elin and struck her with stones etc. and maltreated her contrary to the peace of the said lord the king etc. Item, Roger Lloyd for forestalling of the king's market in buying of fish at the weirs and Llanfaglan, buying eight salmons for the price of 8d. and selling the same at Caernarvon for 12d. each. Item, the same Roger for reviling and miscalling the inquest of salmons to the great hurt of the same borough etc.]' Source: W. Ogwen Williams (ed.), 'Calendar of the Caernarvonshire Quarter Sessions Records' (1956), p. 52.
Presentment, 20 July 1548