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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of Newstead in Sherwood. King and council. The prior and convent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/15/708
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Newstead in Sherwood. King and council. The prior and convent... dating from [c. 1331] 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 8/15/708
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Newstead in Sherwood.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent show that they had by the gift of Henry II, by charter the vill of Papplewick with the wood pertaining to it in free alms, and they and their people of Papplewick had the right to cut heather within the wood for their own profit until Maulay and the other foresters disturbed them. They request remedy so that they are not disinherited and their tenants ruined.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should show their charter in Chancery, and if it is as their petition claims then they should have a writ to the keeper of the forest that he should suffer them to cut the heather and make their profit, notwithstanding that the wood is within the forest.
- Places mentioned
- Novel Lieu (Newstead), [Nottinghamshire]
- Sherwood
- Papplewick, [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry II, King of England
- Robert de Maulee (Maulay), steward of the forest.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The dating on the guard is to 'c.1331 sq.' with a reference to Pat R. p.364. Unfortunately there is no relevant entry on that page in any patent roll from 1327-1328, so the foundation for the date is very suspect.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier petition by the same house see SC 8/1/44
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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 6239
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.388a (no.54) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060849/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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