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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Master and Brethren of St Leonard's Hospital in York. King. The petitioners ask that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2842
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This record is about the Master and Brethren of St Leonard's Hospital in York. King. The petitioners ask that... dating from [? 1300-? 1325] 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 8/57/2842
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1300-? 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master and Brethren of St Leonard's Hospital in York.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask that the king's officials in Galtres Forest have regard for their charters and confirmations and cease making various demands and oppressions on them such that the maintenance of their hospital is under threat. They state that the hospital was founded of the king's progenitors to provide alms and hospitality and consequently their predecessors bought various parcels of land in Galtres Forest from various men by charters, to hold in pure and perpetual alms to support the heavy costs of their house. The king's progenitors confirmed these grants to hold to themselves and their successors as of a franchise, quit of all manner of customs and secular demands. Then came the king's warden of the forest, the steward, foresters and other officials, demanding of them for their lands, for reasonable estovers in the forest and various other demands and oppressions contrary to the tenor of their charters etc.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let them have a writ in chancery to the steward, warden, and other officers that they allow the petitioners to be quit of encroachments according to their charters and confirmations.
- Places mentioned
- York
- Galtres Forest, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated notionally to the first quarter of the fourteenth century on the basis of the hand and the Latin endorsement.
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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 4784
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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/C9063062/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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