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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prioress and convent of Farewell King and council The Prioress and convent of Farewell...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/47/2318
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/47/2318
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1321]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prioress and convent of Farewell
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The Prioress and convent of Farewell state that although the king gave permission to Philip de Somervill to give them 20 acres of waste, held of him in chief, and gave them permission to receive it, John de Swynnerton, Steward of the Forest, is preventing them from enclosing it. They ask that they might be able to enclose it according to the Assize of the Forest.
- Nature of endorsement
- She is to have a writ in Chancery, containing the force of the petition, that is of Ad quod damnum, to the Justiciar of the Forest or to his lieutenant in the forest of Cannock, in due form, to inquire into what harm would come if the king grants what they request by this petition. And when the inquisition has been returned in Chancery, what is to be done is further to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Farewell, [Staffordshire]
- Forest of Cannock, [Staffordshire]
- People mentioned
- Philip de Somervill (Somerville)
- John de Swynnerton, Steward of the Forest
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1317-21 p.565 is dated at Westminster, 20 February 1321, and seems to be the initial permission rather than the inquiry ordered by the endorsement of this petition. C 81/110 no.5295 and the warrant for C 143/139/12 are both dated 8 June 13 Edward II (1320), and concern the inquisition preceding this permission.It is hard to tell whether this petition or SC 8/47/2322 is the earlier: at first glance 2322 looks earlier, as there is no mention made of their being disturbed in their enclosing of their land: but this petition makes no mention of permission to enclose, indeed asks for it, and it might be that 2322 is merely a more tactful contemporary petition, making no reference of their previous attempts to enclose their land.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the order for the writ to hold this inquisition ad quod damnum, once enclosed in SC 8/47/2322, see no. 5925 in C 81/110
For a related petition see SC 8/47/2322
For the initial inquisition ad quod damnum, resulting in the permission to grant the land, see C 143/139/12
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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 3339
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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 II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.565 (permission, after inquisition ad quod damnum, for Philip de Somervill to alienate 20 acres of waste in Alrewas to the Prioress and convent)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062529/
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