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Robert Orford, Prior of Ely Orford Robert Ely, [Cambridgeshire] The Prior of Ely...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/45/2220

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Reference
SC 8/45/2220
Date
[? 1302]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Orford, Prior of Ely
Name(s)
Orford, Robert
Places mentioned
Ely, [Cambridgeshire]
Note
CCR 1296-1302 p.541 is dated at Westminster, 26 July 1032, and again, 28 July 1302. However, it is suggested here that the Prior has paid the full sum - which would suggest that the Easter at which the final third was due was Easter 1302. This petition would then have been presented some time in the months before Easter 1302.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2929
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.541 (instructions to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to give the Prior an allowance for this sum in the debts which he owes the king)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062430/

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