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Brothers and sisters of the hospital of St Katherine without the Tower of London....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/1/17

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This record is about the Brothers and sisters of the hospital of St Katherine without the Tower of London.... dating from [1302] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/1/17
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
Brothers and sisters of the hospital of St Katherine without the Tower of London.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The brothers and sisters state that they have lands, houses and rents next to the Tower of London to the amount of 5½ marks and 1d. and more which the king's men have encroached upon by the digging of the ditches around the Tower. The brothers and sisters have received payment for the rent by the king's commandment, and by a writ de Liberate for many years until the 20th year of his reign. They are now not able to have another writ de Liberate unless they can show a letter patent which the guardian of the hospital does not have. The brothers and sisters request that they are not deprived of their rent without compensation, and they state that the truth of the matter can be seen by the suing of the writs de Liberate and the grants, and by the testimony of Giles de Audenard, then constable, and by Ralph de Sandwich, guardian in the king's name of a portion of their tenements.
Nature of endorsement
Richard de Sandwich and Giles de Audenard should be called, and the king should be informed of the reason for the grant and the writ de Liberate.
Places mentioned
Tower of London, London
London.
People mentioned
Giles de Audenard, then constable of the Tower of London
Ralph de Sandwich.
Note
The petition is dated to 1302 on the basis of the date assigned in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.156a.
Related material

For the testimony of Giles de Audenard formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/1/18

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4579
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.156a (no.11) (full edition of a later copy of the original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060129/

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