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Prior and convent of St Thomas of Canterbury near Stafford. King and council The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1952
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This record is about the Prior and convent of St Thomas of Canterbury near Stafford. King and council The... dating from [1318] 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 8/40/1952
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of St Thomas of Canterbury near Stafford.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioners show that they were granted the church of Stow by the earl of Derby before the statute of mortmain. Now Marchomley impleads them in Chancery for the church, saying that he has been presented to it by the king. The petitioners request that the king revoke the presentment.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council here that it is good if it pleases the king that the king should revoke the presentation made because it would greatly hurt the religious, and be of little benefit to the king if his clerk should sue further in this business.2) Coram magno consilio.
- Places mentioned
- Stafford, [Staffordshire]
- Stow, [Shropshire]
- levesche de Cestre (Chester diocese, Coventry and Lichfield diocese)
- Lichfield, [Staffordshire]
- Coventry, [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- Robert de Ferrers, Earl of Derby
- Bishop of Chester (Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield]
- Dean and chapter of Lichfield
- Chapter of Coventry
- Robert de Marchomley.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition clearly dates to 1318, and is an example of a matter complained about by petition being resolved very quickly. Marchomley was presented to Stow on 11 April 1318 (CPR 1317-21, p.134). The petition must have followed this very rapidly for the matter was before the Bench where an order was made to the justices to continue the plea until the quinzene of Martinmas so that the prior and convent could produce their charters (CCR 1318-23, p.21). The presentation was then revoked on 8 December 1318 (CPR 1317-21, p.253).
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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 1707
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.21 (order to the justices of the Bench to continue the plea between the king and the prior and convent)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.134 (presentation of Marchomley to Stow) & p.253 (order to the bishop to revoke the presentation)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062156/
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