File 266. - Precipe by George [Plantagenet], Duke of Clarence, Lord of Glamorgan and Morgan, to the sheriffs and other officers of Glamorgan ...,

Precipe by George [Plantagenet], Duke of Clarence, Lord of Glamorgan and Morgan, to the sheriffs and other officers of Glamorgan and Morgan, to prohibit the oppression of the Abbot, William Corntoun, and Convent of Margam, by enforced collection of comortha, money, goods, etc., under pain of his displeasure; and signifying that he has taken the Abbey under special protection. Latin. Dated in the Chancery of Cardiff, under the Chancery Seal. Imperfect round seal, light brown wax, about 3 in. diam. when perfect. Obv. The Duke in armour, with crested helmet, sword, and shield of arms, riding to the right on a caparisoned horse, the armorial bearings as on the rev. Background replenished with sprigs of foliage. Rev. A shield of arms, per pale; dex. France (modern) and England, quarterly, with a label of three points; sin. per fess, in chief a fess between six crosses crosslet, Beauchamp; in base, chequy a chevron ermine, Neuburgh, Earl of Warwick. Between three paired branches of foliage. Legend broken away.