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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of Blyth King and council The prior and convent show that the men...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/34/1691
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Blyth King and council The prior and convent show that the men... dating from [c. 1330] 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 8/34/1691
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Blyth
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent show that the men of the king lately burnt their house when they were lodged there so that the damage was assessed by the inquisition taken before Turpliton and Barton at £40 of which they have received nothing to their great impoverishment. The prior and convent request satisfaction according to right and reason.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the inquisitions that were made be brought into Chancery, and the king will do such grace as pleases him.
- Places mentioned
- Blyth, [Nottinghamshire]
- People mentioned
- Hugh de Turpliton (Turplington), Steward of the household
- Thomas de Barton, Treasurer of the Household
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition must date to some time in or shortly after 1330 because of the reference to the inquisition made by Hugh de Turplington, steward of the Household who only held office from 1-29 August 1330. Inn addition the king was at Blyth on 16 January 1327; 24 August 1328 and 24 September 1330 according to letters patent dated at Blyth (CFR 1307-49, pp.75, 102, 195 and 232).
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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 408
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061890/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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