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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Baldwin Despynall (Spynale), Prior of Lapley Despynall (Spynale) Baldwin King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/45/2235
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This record is about the Baldwin Despynall (Spynale), Prior of Lapley Despynall (Spynale) Baldwin King and... dating from [1335] 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 8/45/2235
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Baldwin Despynall (Spynale), Prior of Lapley
- Name(s)
- Despynall (Spynale), Baldwin
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Prior of Lapley
- Nature of request
- Baldwin Despynall, Prior of Lapley, states that he was ejected forcibly from his priory by Robert de Shareshull, Adam his brother, John de Robaston, Ralph de Barton of Lichfield and others, and afterwards reinstated by the Sheriff of Staffordshire, through a writ of the king or his council at the last parliament at Nottingham; but now he fears that the Abbot of St Remi, Reims, who has the right to present to Lapley and who presented him, is conspiring with one or other of the people he has named to abduct him and take him overseas, so that he does not dare to live in the priory. He asks for a suitable remedy, so that he can live there to serve God as he ought.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Lapley, [Staffordshire]
- Reims, [Champagne, France]
- Lichfield, [Staffordshire]
- Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire]
- People mentioned
- The Abbot of St Remi, Reims
- Robert de Shareshull
- Adam [de Shareshull]
- John de Robaston
- Ralph de Barton of Lichfield
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1334-8 p.91 is dated at Nottingham, 1 April 1335, and makes it likely that the Nottingham parliament mentioned here is that of March 1335, rather than that of October 1330 or that of September 1336. Further evidence is provided by CPR 1334-8 p.136 (dated at Newcastle, 14 February 1335 (possibly the previous attack mentioned?)) and CPR 1334-8 p.145 (dated at York, 5 June 1335), which mention all the malefactors named here. It seems likely that this petition was presented to the parliament held at York in May 1335.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter see SC 8/72/3568
A related petition is SC 8/123/6114
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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 2941
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.91 (protection for one year to petitioner) & pp.136,145 (commissions of oyer and terminer, resulting from complaints by the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062445/
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