8.1. The charter of the articles of Dauids submission to the king.
The charter of the articles of Dauids submission to the king.
Omnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos praesentes lite|rae peruenerint, Dauid filius Leolini sal [...]tem. Sciatis quòd concessi domino meo Henrico regi Angliae illustri, &c.
_TO all christian people, to whom these pre|sent letters shall come, Dauid the sonne of Leolin sendeth greeting. Know ye that I haue granted and promised to de|liuer EEBO page image 228 vnto the lord Henrie the noble king of Eng|land, Griffin my brother with his sonne and heire whom I keepe in prison, and all other prisoners, who by occasion of the said Griffin lie in durance.
Item I shall stand to the iudgement of the kings court, aswell in that case, whether the said Griffin ought to be deteined prisoner or no, as also for and concerning the part of the inheritance of the said Leolin my father, claimed by the said Griffin accor|ding to the customes of Wales: so that the peace be mainteined betweene me and the said Griffin.
Item I and the said Griffin, and either of vs shall hold our portions of land, of our said souereigne the king in Capite, acknowleging him chiefe lord therof.
Item I shall restore vnto Roger de monte alto steward of Chester, his land of Montalt or Mould, with the appurtenances.
Item I shall likewise restore to all other barons, all such lands, lordships and castels, as were taken from them since the beginning of the warres be|twéene the lord Iohn king of England, and the said Leolin prince of Wales my father, sauing the right of all couenants and grants by writing, to be reser|ued vnto the iudgement and determination of the kings court.
Item I shall giue and restore vnto our souereigne lord the king all his charges in this present voiage laid out.
Item I shall make satisfaction for all damages & iniuries doone by me, or anie of my subiects vnto the king or his, according to the consideration of the kings court, and shall deliuer such as shalbe malefac|tours in that behalfe.
Item I shall restore vnto the said lord the king all the homages, which the late king Iohn his father had, & which the said lord the king of right ought to haue, especiallie of all the noble men of Wales: and if the king shall set at libertie anie of his captiues, the pos|sessions of that man shall remaine to the king.
Item the land of Elsmer with the appurtenances shall remaine to the lord the king and his heires for euer.
Item I shall not receiue or suffer to be receiued within my countrie of Wales, any of the subiects of England, outlawed or banished by the said lord the king, or his barons of Mercia.
Item for confirmation and performance of all and singular the premisses on my behalfe, I shall prouide by bonds and pledges, and by all other waies and means as the said lord the king shall award, and will accomplish the commandement of the said king, and will obeie his lawes.
In witnesse whereof to this present writing I haue put my seale: dated at Alnet by the riuer of Elwey, in the feast of the decollation of S. Iohn Baptist, in the fiue & twentith yéere of the reigne of the said king. For the obseruation of these 11 articles, the said prince Dauid and Edniuet Uachan were sworne. Also the said prince Dauid submitted himselfe to the iurisdiction of the archbishop of Canturburie, and of the bishops of London, Hereford, and Couentrie, for the time being. That all, or one of them, whom the king shall appoint, may excommunicate him, and in|terdict his land vpon br [...]ach of anie the said articles. And therevpon he procured the bishops of S. Ban|gor, and S. Asaph to make their charters to the lord the king, whereby they granted to execute and de|nounce all sentences, aswell of excommunication as of interdiction sent from the foresaid archbishop, bishops, or anie of them.
The said Dauid also sent priuilie to the king, to de|sire him that he would suffer him being his nephue, and the lawfull heire of Leolin his father, to inioy the principalitie of Wales rather than Griffin, which was but a bastard, and no kin vnto the king. Giuing him withall to vnderstand, that in case he did set Griffin at libertie, he should be sure to haue the war renewed. Whervpon the king knowing these things to be true, and vnderstanding also that Griffin was a valiant stout man, and had manie fréends and fauo|rours of his cause, inclined rather to assent vnto Da|uids request than otherwise to be in danger of fur|ther troubles, & therfore willinglie granted the same.