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

Catalogue reference: SC 8/80/3980

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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 [c. 1295] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/80/3980
Date
[c. 1295]
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
1) The prior requests confirmation of a purchase of land in Ashley and Silverley.2) The prior requests confirmation of a purchase of rent in Buckby.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Ashley, Cambridgeshire
Silverley, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Suffolk
Long Buckby, Northamptonshire.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1295 as the inquisitions ad quod damnum for the lands at the three places date to 18 and 24 Edw. I so that the petition cannot be earlier than 1295, and probably is not much later (C 143/14/1 & 28; C 143/25/19).
Related material

For the inquisition ad quod damnum for the grant to the hospital of land in Ashley see C 143/25/19

For the inquisition ad quod damnum for the grant to the hospital of land in Buckby see C 143/14/1

For the inquisition ad quod damnum for the grant to the hospital of land in Silverley see C 143/14/28

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3011
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107756/

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