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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of Newstead. King and council. The prior and convent request that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/4/163
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/4/163
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Newstead.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request that the king order the chancellor to issue a writ for the seisin of lands in Walteringham of which Roger de Gringley who held them from the prior and convent died seised. The lands were taken into the king's hand because of Roger's alleged status as a neif, an inquest having been returned into Chancery on the same.
- Nature of endorsement
- The inquest should be seen, and if it is sufficient just as is supposed, then let justice be done to them in Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Novel lieu (Newstead), [Nottinghamshire]
- Walkeringham, [Nottinghamshire]
- Little Gringley, [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Gryngeley (Gringley), clerk
- William de Aune, bailiff of the royal manor of Gringley
- Gilbert de Stapelton, escheator north of the Trent.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1320 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.365 for the parliament held on Monday in the octave of St Michael, 14 Edward II.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier petition by the same house, see SC 8/1/44
For a later petition from the same house, see SC 8/15/708
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 6195
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.380a-b (no.83) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060283/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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