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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 St Oswald of Nostell. King and council. The prior and convent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/16/783
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This record is about the Prior and convent of St Oswald of Nostell. 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 8/16/783
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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 St Oswald of Nostell.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent of Nostell state that King Henry, progenitor of the present king, granted 18 li. 5 s. to them by his charter, to be received from the farm of Yorkshire by the hands of the sheriff, and they were seised of this until, in the fourth year of the present king, Henry de Faucombergge, sheriff, wilfully withheld it. They request a writ to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to pay them the arrears of this sum, and to pay it in future.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Treasurer, Barons and Chamberlains of the Exchequer are to be ordered that, when they have searched the rolls and remembrances of the Exchequer, if they find that they have previously been paid this rent, and that it has been allowed to the sheriffs, then they are to pay them the arrears.
- Places mentioned
- Nostell, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Yorkshire.
- People mentioned
- Henry, King of England
- Henry de Faucombergge (Faucomberge), Sheriff of Yorkshire.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same house, see SC 8/63/3140
For another document from the same house, see SC 8/270/13499
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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 6192
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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.405b (no. 153) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060924/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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