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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior of Sempringham. King and council. Prior of Sempringham The prior requests remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/74/3667
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/74/3667
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Sempringham.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Prior of Sempringham
- Nature of request
- The prior requests remedy as neither he or his predecessors took any land at farm from king's father, nor hold any from the Templars in Carlton or Bassingham, but a sum is currently demanded from the prior by summons of the Exchequer because Despenser made a commission of the Exchequer of the lands and tenements in the prior's name, and then took the lands to his own use, the prior having nothing nor having purchased the commission.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that if they are able to know by inquisition or in another manner that the prior has nothing from the commission then he should have a discharge.
- Places mentioned
- Carlton-le-Moorland, [Lincolnshire]
- Bassingham, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1334 as the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer were ordered to discharge the prior of the farm on 10 March 1334 (CCR 1333-7, p.211).
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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 7375
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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. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.211 (order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to discharge the prior)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107441/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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