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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Molash, Prior of Christchurch, Canterbury; Convent of Christchurch, Canterbury....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/25/1236
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This record is about the William Molash, Prior of Christchurch, Canterbury; Convent of Christchurch, Canterbury.... dating from [1431] 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 8/25/1236
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1431]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Molash, Prior of Christchurch, Canterbury; Convent of Christchurch, Canterbury.
- Name(s)
- Molash, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Prior of Christchurch, Canterbury
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent state that Fleet gave to them in the 8th year of the reign of Edward I 20s. of a quit rent from a tenement in the parish of St Martin, Ludgate, London to provide a taper before the shrine of St Thomas the martyr. In the last 3 years this has been withheld by the tenants as they perceived that the bequest was made to no certain person and it was outside a writ of right. The prior and convent request that with the authority of parliament he ordain that the prior and his successors should have and enjoy the rent forever to sustain the taper, and that the prior be able to distrain for the rent, and that the possession of the rent by the prior and his predecessors be sufficient title to have and demand the rent.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be as it is desired by the petition.
- Places mentioned
- St Martin, Ludgate parish, [London].
- People mentioned
- John de Flete (Fleet), hatter and citizen of London
- Robert le Panner.
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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 1943
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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. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.371a-b (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061410/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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