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The brothers and sisters of the hospital of St Leonard of Leicester. King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/4/200

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Reference
SC 8/4/200
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
The brothers and sisters of the hospital of St Leonard of Leicester.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The brothers and sisters request that the king grant a writ to his keeper of Leicester that he pay an annual rent of ancient alms issuing from the office of chief clerk (protonotary) of Leicester in the manner of the charter of Earl Simon, and paid from then until the death of Earl Thomas.
Nature of endorsement
They should show their charter in Chancery, and let justice be done to them in that place.
Places mentioned
Leicester, [Leicestershire]
People mentioned
Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester
Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
Note
The petition dates to 1322 as is noted in the heading in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.387 and because the petition makes reference to the death of Thomas of Lancaster, and also by the writ relating to this in CCR 1318-23, p.622 to the receiver of Tutbury.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5256
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.622 (writ to the receiver of Tutbury and Leicester concerning the payment of the rent)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.390a (no.17) (full edition of original petition)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl., vol. I, pp. 387-415, no. 17 (summary of references)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060320/

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