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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 Leeds in Kent. King and council. 1) The petitioners seek release...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2823
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This record is about the Prior and Convent of Leeds in Kent. King and council. 1) The petitioners seek release... dating from [1326] 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 8/57/2823
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1326]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and Convent of Leeds in Kent.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- 1) The petitioners seek release from various unjust charges made on them concerning certain of their merchandise (including wool).2) They also seek release of an annual payment of twenty-eight marks granted to them by a charter of the king's father for the maintenance of a chantry by four canons and one clerk each day in Leeds Castle for the souls of his father, mother and children, and withheld to their great damage.3) They also ask for the arrears of the said rent (as in 2 above), since the time Lord Badlesmere held Leeds Castle (for two and a half years), amounting to seventy marks.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face]1) In the king's presence because of the damage. 2) Likewise to the council that they plead to the king that this is worthy. 3) This is all of the king's grace.[On dorse] Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Leeds, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- Bartholomew [Badlesmere], Lord Badlesmere.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Apparently firmly datable to 1326 on the basis of internal references and the grant recorded in CPR 1324-7, p.281.
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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 4812
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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, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.281 (grant in response to the second and third items of the petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063043/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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