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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 Henwood King The Prioress and convent of Henwood state that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/53/2635
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This record is about the Prioress and convent of Henwood King The Prioress and convent of Henwood state that... dating from [1411] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/53/2635
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1411]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prioress and convent of Henwood
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The Prioress and convent of Henwood state that they have been ruined by bad governance, and are being overburdened with pensions, corrodies and other charges. They ask the king to take them and their possessions into his hand, and to grant their keeping to Richard, Prior of Coventry, Roger Leche, John Weston and Thomas Buxton for seven years, according to the tenor of the letters patent granted to the Prior of Coventry in a similar case. They also ask that they might be discharged from all pensions, corrodies and other charges in the meantime, and that the king might grant them his protection with the clause 'nolumus'.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Henwood, [Warwickshire]
- Coventry, [Warwickshire]
- People mentioned
- Richard, Prior of Coventry
- Roger Leche
- John Weston
- Thomas Buxton
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1408-13 pp.294-5 is dated at Westminster, 9 June 1411.Piece no.6900 of C 81/651 is dated at Westminster, 4 June 12 Henry IV (1411).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A warrant to the Keeper of the Great Seal to grant the Prioress and convent a protection for seven years is piece no.6900 of C 81/651
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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 4341
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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, Hen IV, vol. IV, 1408-1413, (Public Record Office, 1909), pp.294-5 (commission of Priory to Richard, Prior of Coventry, Roger Leche, John Weston and Thomas Buxton for seven years, release from pensions and other charges, and grant of protection, as requested in the petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062851/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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