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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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Reference
SC 8/53/2635
Date
[1411]
Description
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
Note
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).
Related material

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4341
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062851/

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