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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and the nuns of the order of Sempringham. King and council. The petitioners...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/71/3546
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This record is about the Prior and the nuns of the order of Sempringham. King and council. The petitioners... dating from [1307] 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 8/71/3546
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and the nuns of the order of Sempringham.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request that sustenance will be ordained for the wives and daughter of Scots placed with them.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is ordained by the council that the wife of Richard Seward, the wife of Christopher de Seton, and the daughter of Robert de Brus should each receive 3d. a day, and one mark per annum for a robe and other necessaries.
- Places mentioned
- Chicksands, [Bedfordshire]
- Sixhills, [Lincolnshire]
- Watton, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard Seward the son
- Christopher de Seton
- Robert de Bruce, Earl of Carrick.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1307 as the sheriffs of the several counties where the houses are were ordered to pay the sums as outlined in the response to the petition on 15 March 1307 (CPR 1301-7, p.503).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related memorandum see no. 8 in C 81/1538
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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 7859
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.503 (order to the sheriffs of Yorkshire, Bedfordshire and Lincolnshire to pay to the appropriate priors the sums as outlined in the response to the petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107320/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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