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John de Saresbury (Salisbury), canon of Salisbury and prebendary of St Laurence of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/70/3499

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This record is about the John de Saresbury (Salisbury), canon of Salisbury and prebendary of St Laurence of... dating from [c. 1340-c. 1360] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/70/3499
Date
[c. 1340-c. 1360]
Description
Petitioners
John de Saresbury (Salisbury), canon of Salisbury and prebendary of St Laurence of Stratford.
Name(s)
de Saresbury (Salisbury), John
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
Salisbury, [Wiltshire]
St Lawrence, Stratford (Stratford-sub-Castle), [Wiltshire].
Nature of request
Saresbury requests remedy that the sheriff be commanded to pay the tithes with the arrears for the king's fulling mill in the parish of St Lawrence, Stratford which has always been paid but which the sheriff detains.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be ordered to the sheriff of Wiltshire that if the mill be within the parish and the tithes have been given for all times previously as the petition supposes then the tithes should be paid according to what has been paid before these times and further he is to sue a process if he needs to.
Note
The petition has been dated on its guard to c. 1347 on the basis of a CPR reference. Although there is no direct connection with this petition, the dating of the petition to the mid-fourteenth century would accord with its general appearance and the handwriting style.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7305
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107270/

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