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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior of Guisborough King and council Prior of Guisborough The prior requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/49/2415
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This record is about the Prior of Guisborough King and council Prior of Guisborough The prior requests that... dating from [c. 1325-c. 1350] 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 8/49/2415
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Guisborough
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Prior of Guisborough
- Nature of request
- The prior requests that the king have regard for malicious and false purchases of writs and order that no other writs are granted to Pothowe who has harassed the prior and his canons by two writs concerning a brawl in which Pothowe was wounded, which occurred in the vill of Guisborough. The prior knows nothing of the brawl, and has been forced to tarry close to the king by the writs that have been purchased, and asks also if he may appoint an attorney to answer Pothowe.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because it is attested before the council that Pothowe said in Chancery when he purchased the first writ, that he named the prior in the writ for no other reason but because he was not able to have his action before the canons without it, it is agreed by the council that a writ be ordered to the justices that they receive the attorney of the prior for the mischiefs contained in the petition. It is also agreed that he not be able to add more names in the writ that are not now in it.
- Places mentioned
- Guisborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- People mentioned
- William de Pothowe (Potto)
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No positive context has been established, and the petition is dated here tentatively to the second quarter of the fourteenth century on the basis of the hand and the French endorsement.
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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 3628
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062628/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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