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Prior of the church of the Trinity, Canterbury (Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury)....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/5/204

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This record is about the Prior of the church of the Trinity, Canterbury (Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury).... dating from [1321-1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/5/204
Date
[1321-1322]
Description
Petitioners
Prior of the church of the Trinity, Canterbury (Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury).
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Prior of the church of the Trinity, Canterbury (Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury)
Nature of request
The prior of the church of the Trinity, Canterbury, complains that, whereas King Edward, the father of the present king, granted him and his convent the chattels of all their men and tenants to be condemned as felons or fugitive, Richard de Pottesgrave has seized into the king's hand the goods and chattels of Walter Colpeper, their tenant and resident condemned to death at Leeds before last Christmas; and requests that the king order Richard to return the goods, so that the church is not disinherited.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.He is to show his charter to the chancellor, who is to take counsel on what is best to be done. [Written on dorse of SC 8/5/205]
Places mentioned
Canterbury, [Kent]
Leeds, [Kent].
People mentioned
Edward I, king of England
Richard de Pottesgrave
Walter Colpeper, tenant of church of the Trinity.
Note
One of a collection of petitions published on pages 387ff of Rot. Parl., vol I., dated to 1321-1322. PROME::Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl., vol. I, pp. 387-415 confirms that they appear to belong to these years.
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For a copy of the grant see SC 8/5/205

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1647
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.390b, no.21 (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. 21 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060324/

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