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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prioress and nuns of Farewell King and council The Prioress and nuns of Farewell...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/47/2322
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/47/2322
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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 nuns of Farewell
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The Prioress and nuns of Farewell state that the king by his charter gave permission to Philip de Somervill to give them twenty acres of waste in Alrewas, which is in the forest of Cannock, to hold of the king in chief, and also gave them permission to receive it, and ask that he might give them permission to enclose this waste with a little ditch and a low hedge, according to the Assize of the Forest, so that they can cultivate it and obtain profit from it.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to have a writ of Ad quod damnum.
- Places mentioned
- Farewell, [Staffordshire]
- Althirwas (Alrewas), [Staffordshire]
- the forest of Cannock, [Staffordshire]
- People mentioned
- Philip de Somervill (Somerville)
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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 8/47/3218 is the earlier: at first glance this one looks earlier, as there is no mention made of their being disturbed in their enclosing of their land: but SC 8/47/2318 makes no mention of permission to enclose, indeed asks for it, and it might be that this 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 this petition, see no. 5925 in C 81/110
A related petition is SC 8/47/2318
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 3334
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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/C9062533/
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