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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of Kenilworth King The petitioners request that for conscience...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/55/2704
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Kenilworth King The petitioners request that for conscience... dating from [c. 1324] 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 8/55/2704
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Kenilworth
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request that for conscience and no other reason they be allowed to find fuel for their kitchens in Kenilworth woods as they were accustomed in the time of the king's ancestors, but were prevented from so doing in the time of the late Thomas of Lancaster.
- Nature of endorsement
- Show them charity and let an order be made to Roger de Clare that he enquire of their estate and certify in chancery and make right through the council.Petitions of various gentlemen concerning the forfeitures.Coram Rege ...
- Places mentioned
- Kenilworth, [Warwickshire]
- People mentioned
- Thomas [of Lancaster], late Earl of Lancaster
- Roger Decler (de Clare)
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated 1324 on the basis of the inclusion of this petition in Rot. Parl., vol. I, pp. 425-6.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier related petition see SC 8/55/2750
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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 4549
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.425b-426a (no. 37) (edition of petition, with alternative endorsement)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 416-429, no. 37 (discussion of related petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062921/
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