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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William prebendary of Corringham and canon of Lincoln Cathedral. William King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/41/2002
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/41/2002
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William prebendary of Corringham and canon of Lincoln Cathedral.
- Name(s)
- William
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- prebendary of Corringham and canon of Lincoln Cathedral
- Nature of request
- The canon shows that the king's ancestors granted to the mother church and the prebendary lands, tenements, messuages, rents and other manner of possessions, and it has continued in seisin. The Beltofts and other malefactors ejected the canon from his possessions and took them away to the great damage and the disinheritance of the mother church. He is unable to have remedy by the common law to maintain the right of his prebendary for fear of death. He requests remedy to maintain the right of his church and the estate of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Corringham, [Lincolnshire]
- Nicole (Lincoln), [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Beltoft
- Roger [de Beltoft], brother of Thomas de Beltoft
- William [de Beltoft], brother of Thomas de Beltoft
- Thomas [de Beltoft], brother of Thomas de Beltoft.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition has been tentatively dated to Edward II's reign on the basis of the handwriting style and the abbreviation on the dorse 'Irr' indicating that it was enrolled.
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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 1541
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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)
- Documents Illustrative of English History in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, selected from the Records of the Department of the Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Ed. H. Cole, (Record Commission, 1844), p.34 (brief note of petition and response on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062207/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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