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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 Lenton. King and council. The petitioners seek recovery of two...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2824
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This record is about the Prior and Convent of Lenton. King and council. The petitioners seek recovery of two... dating from [? 1278] 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 8/57/2824
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1278]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and Convent of Lenton.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek recovery of two parts of the tithes from demesne land (late of William Peveril) that they have held since the foundation of their house in the Peak, in the parishes of Bakewell and Hope. The dean and chapter of Lichfield hold the other third and by their proctor and by many other armed men with force and arms, have taken the tithes from newly assarted land contrary to the terms of the foundation grant of the petitioners' house. In compensation they also ask the dean and chapter to grant them goods from the lands to cultivate, as from the lands [already] cultivated.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be known from the contents of the petition, to be seen at the entrance to the market place.Memorandum: nine petitions to no effect.
- Places mentioned
- Lenton, [Nottinghamshire]
- Derbyshire
- Le Pek (High Peak), [Derbyshire]
- Bauquell (Bakewell), [Derbyshire]
- Hope, [Derbyshire].
- People mentioned
- William Peverel.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard with reference to CIM, 1291-1307, no. 1175; but the notes also observe that the hand looks later and suggest that the petition might be of the early fourteenth century.
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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 4803
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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 Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. I, Hen III - Edw I, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1175 (inquiry as possible outcome of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063044/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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