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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/80/3979
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1304]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the inquisition ad quod damnum for the grant see C 143/49/10
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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 3006
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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.267 (licence for the grant)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107755/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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