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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 Barnwell. King and council. The prior and convent state that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/15/738
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Barnwell. King and council. The prior and convent state that... dating from [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 8/15/738
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Barnwell.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent state that they were granted the vill of Chesterton by King John to hold at fee farm, and had the king's warren there from the time of the gift until Despenser procured that the king put in a warrener, who received until now two pence a day when the warren was only worth 12d. per annum, so that the prior is ousted. They request that the king order that the prior is able to have the warren as his predecessors had it before they were ousted.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let certain people be assigned to enquire etc. in the presence etc. of what time the prior was seised of the warren, and when he was ousted, and the cause, and the records of the last one or two eyres be searched if necessary, and the inquisition returned, and the court certified so that justice can be done.
- Places mentioned
- Barnwell, [Cambridgeshire]
- Chesterton, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- John, King of England
- Hugh le Despenser.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another contemporary petition by the priory concerning Chesterton, see SC 8/33/1624
For an inquisition into the prior's right of return of writs and warren, see no. 13 in C 81/214
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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 1136
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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.393b (no.89) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060879/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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