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Robert de Longden, Prior of Tutbury. de Longden Robert King and council. Prior of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/15/703

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This record is about the Robert de Longden, Prior of Tutbury. de Longden Robert King and council. Prior of... dating from [c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/15/703
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Longden, Prior of Tutbury.
Name(s)
de Longden, Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Prior of Tutbury
Nature of request
The prior shows that the justices were assigned by the king to enquire of whose took the goods and chattels formerly of the earl of Lancaster at Tutbury. The prior was indicted by ill-wishers for the goods to the value of £70 by the order of Despenser, and the prior was not allowed his challenge to this and he was wrongfully condemned and has paid 320 into the Exchequer. He requests restitution and a release of the remainder.
Nature of endorsement
Nothing for this petition.
Places mentioned
Tutbury, [Staffordshire].
People mentioned
John de Stonore (Stonor), king's justice
Robert de Ailleston (Ayleston), king's justice
Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
William Gentilcorps
Hugh Despenser.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8084
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), pp.246-7 (appointment of the commission to Stonor and Ailleston)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.82 (appointment of Gentilcorps to the bailiwick of the forestorship of the chases and parks of Tutbury)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.387a (no.46) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060844/

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