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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of Worksop. King and council. The prior and convent request a remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3903
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/79/3903
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Worksop.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request a remedy and that Byk be ordered to render their mill at Gringley to them, which mill they lost by the malicious actions of Bereford when he held the manor of Wheatley at farm from the queen.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ is to be sent on this petition to the bailiffs of Tickhill that they do this.
- Places mentioned
- Wheatley, [Nottinghamshire]
- Gringley on the Hill, [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- John Byk, bailiff of the manors of Wheatley and Gringley on the Hill
- Simon de Bereford
- Isabella of France, Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1331 as Byk was ordered to restore the mill to the prior on 12 February 1331 (CCR 1330-3, p.197). He did not comply with this as the steward of Queen Philippa's lands was ordered to deliver it on 28 January 1332 (CCR 1330-3, p.433).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioners complaining of their disseisin of the mill see SC 8/8/399C
For a writ and inquisition relating to another petition concerning the mill see SC 8/8/399A
For a related petition see SC 8/150/7477
For a copy of the charter granting the mill to the priory see SC 8/8/399B
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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 8470
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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. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.197 (order to Byk to deliver the mill) & p.433 (order to John de Hengham, steward of Queen Philippa's land to deliver the mill)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107679/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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