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William Cryche (Creech), Prior of Montacute. Cryche (Creech) William Commons of parliament....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/23/1123

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Reference
SC 8/23/1123
Date
[1414]
Description
Petitioners
William Cryche (Creech), Prior of Montacute.
Name(s)
Cryche (Creech), William
Addressees
Commons of parliament.
Occupation
Prior of Montacute
Nature of request
William Cryche, Prior of Montacute, asks the commons to ask the king and his council to ratify and confirm all the grants made to them by the king's father, or by the present king, with the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and by authority of the present parliament.
Nature of endorsement
The king wills it (Le roi le voet), with the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal, at the petition and especial request of the commons assembled in the present parliament.
Places mentioned
Montacute, [Somerset]
Diocese of Bath and Wells
Cluny, [Burgundy, France]
Westminster.
People mentioned
Henry I, King of England
the Abbot of Cluny
Edward III, King of England
Henry [IV], King of England
Francis de Baugiaco, Prior of Montacute.
Note
CPR 1413-16 p.228 is dated at Westminster, 12 July 1414, and mentions that it was done at the request of the commons in the last parliament at Leicester - that of April 1414 (2 Henry V).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2223
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen V, vol. I, 1413-1416, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.228 (inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent to the Prior and convent of Montacute)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.27a-b (no.1) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061290/

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