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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 and convent of Worksop. King and council. The prior and convent request a confirmation...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/12/555
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Worksop. King and council. The prior and convent request a confirmation... dating from [1334] 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 8/12/555
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Worksop.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request a confirmation of their charter of Edward I granting them Roomwood, which grant was confirmed by Edward II.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.Let their charter be confirmed by reasonable fine made in Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Roumwode (Roomwood), [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward I, King of England
- Sheriff of Nottingham
- Edward II, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1334 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.73, making this part of a section of petitions in parliament in 8 Edward III, though this is a Hale transcript, so the exact date is unclear.
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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 8472
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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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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.94 (related grant)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.86a-b (full edition of a later copy of a duplicate petition differently endorsed)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060691/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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