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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior of Worksop. King and council. Prior of Worksop The prior of Worksop requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/8/395
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This record is about the Prior of Worksop. King and council. Prior of Worksop The prior of Worksop requests... dating from [? 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/8/395
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Worksop.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Prior of Worksop
- Nature of request
- The prior of Worksop requests confirmation of a charter for sixty acres of land in the wood of Roomwood, granted to his predecessor and the convent by Edward I, and confirmed by Edward II.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have confirmation by making a fine.
- Places mentioned
- Worksop, [Nottinghamshire]
- Rumewode (Roomwood), [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward I, king of England
- Edward II, king of England
- Prior of Worksop, predecessor of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentative date given on the evidence of JRS Phillips (PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337); but if Edward I's grant was to the prior's predecessor, it can't be very far into the reign of Edward III.
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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 8423
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.434b, no.15 (edition of later copy of petition to Edward II for confirmation of same charter)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.387a, no.47 (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060519/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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