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Prior and convent of Malton. King. The prior and convent request that they be taken...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/63/3126

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This record is about the Prior and convent of Malton. King. The prior and convent request that they be taken... dating from [c. 1370] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/63/3126
Date
[c. 1370]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of Malton.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The prior and convent request that they be taken into the king's protection as Hastings has damaged their mill of Malton by changing the course of the river, and has menaced them and made them make indentures and bonds in certain sums of money against the law of the land. They further request that such indentures and bonds by annulled, the river be put in its ancient course, and that letters under the privy seal be sent to Hastings be summoned before the council to answer for his actions.
Nature of endorsement
[The response is badly faded]. . . suit . . . or statute . . . justice be done.
Places mentioned
Malton [North Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Ralph de Hastynges (Hastings), knight.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1370 as the original matter of complaint is noted in the petition as occurring in 44 Edw. III.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5812
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106889/

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