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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prioress and convent of Holystone in Redesdale. King. The prioress and convent request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/83/4107
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This record is about the Prioress and convent of Holystone in Redesdale. King. The prioress and convent request... dating from [1320] 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 8/83/4107
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prioress and convent of Holystone in Redesdale.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prioress and convent request that they can have some relief from the issues of Newcastle as they are totally destroyed by the Scots and will have to disburse otherwise. They also request letters to Cotes prohibiting him from wrongfully exacting tithes from the five vills.
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning the first let it be shown to the treasurer because the king wishes that they be aided; and concerning the other they should have a letter.
- Places mentioned
- Holystone, [Northumberland]
- Redesdale, [Northumberland]
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- Alwinton, [Northumberland]
- Burradon, [Northumberland]
- Biddlestone, [Northumberland]
- Harden [unidentified], [Northumberland]
- Farnham, [Northumberland]
- Cote Walls, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Richard de Cotes, Parson of Alwinton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1320 as the prioress and convent were granted 100s. from the farm of Newcastle on 13 November 1320 (CPR 1317-21, p.519).
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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 4309
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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)
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- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), p.187 (no.162) (full edition of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.519 (grant of 100s. a year from the farm of Newcastle)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148648/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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