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Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. King. Prior of the Hospital of St...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/80/3979

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This record is about the Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. King. Prior of the Hospital of St... dating from [1304] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/80/3979
Date
[1304]
Description
Petitioners
Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
Nature of request
The prior requests that the king confirm the gift of land at Riseley given to them by Walter de Risle, Risle having requested a licence from the king, and the inquisition having been returned into Chancery.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Riseley, [Bedfordshire].
People mentioned
Walter of Risle (Riseley).
Note
The petition dates to 1304 as the inquisition ad quod damnum was held in 32 Edw. I, whilst a licence was granted for the alienation in mortmain on 9 Novemeber 1304 (C 143/49/10; CPR 1301-4, p.267). Riseley also made an earlier grant of land in the same place in 1295-6 (C 143/25/18).
Related material

For the inquisition ad quod damnum for the grant see C 143/49/10

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3006
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.267 (licence for the grant)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107755/

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