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Prior and convent of Pontefract. King. The Prior and convent of Pontefract complain...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/66/3283
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Pontefract. King. The Prior and convent of Pontefract complain... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/66/3283
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Pontefract.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Prior and convent of Pontefract complain that lay people are receiving and spending the offerings made at the hill where the Earl of Lancaster died, which is in prejudice of them and against the estate of Holy Church. They ask that they might be able to have free administration of these offerings, as of right of their church, and they will guarantee that the building works they have undertaken will be expedited swiftly, and that the money will be spent on these.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to sue in Court Christian if he is prevented from receiving offerings within his parish.
- Places mentioned
- Pontefract, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1327-30 p.21 is dated 3 February 1327, and may well be a result of this petition. From the content, the petition would seem likely to date from around this time.
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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 6521
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.21 (order to Robert de Werington not to intermeddle further with offerings pertaining to the church of the Prior of Pontefract, by virtue of any previous command)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107054/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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