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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and Canons of Latton. King and council. The petitioners seek recovery of a...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2816
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This record is about the Prior and Canons of Latton. King and council. The petitioners seek recovery of a... dating from [c. 1321] 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 8/57/2816
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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
- Prior and Canons of Latton.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek recovery of a rent charge of 40s per year from the manor of Ongar. They state that they have the perpetual right (established by their predecessors) to certain tithes from the said manor by the gift of Maud de Lucy, namely, tithe of bread, service, meat, fish, wax candles, and other victuals. Recently, John de Rivers (Maud's son and heir), with the agreement of the petitioners, exchanged the tithes for a perpetual rent charge of 40s per year from the said manor, of which the petitioners and their predecessors held seisin until the manor was taken into the king's hands by Audley's forfeiture.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to show their title in chancery, and thereafter an inquest into the contents of the petition is to be returned and certified therein [by] the lord king.
- Places mentioned
- Latton, Essex
- Aungre (Ongar), [Essex].
- People mentioned
- Maud de Lucy
- John de Rivers, son and heir of Maud de Lucy
- Hugh de Audley, the son.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by the reference within the petition to the confiscation of the lands of Hugh Audley.
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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 4814
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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/C9063036/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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