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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior, convent and nuns of Shouldham. King. The Prior, convent and nuns of Shouldham...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/87/4323
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/87/4323
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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
- Prior, convent and nuns of Shouldham.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Prior, convent and nuns of Shouldham state that John Fitz John gave and granted a rent in Massingham to them, after the death of Thomas de Weylond, who held it for life and who attorned himself to them and did fealty for it, but that because Thomas abjured the realm because of felony, it was seized into the hand of the King's father, and the King is still seised of it. The Prior has sued before in parliament to recover this rent, as is contained in the bill attached to this petition, but the matter is still not expedited. He requests justice.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None on this petition: response on dorse of SC 8/87/4324] Coram rege.Because from the certification of the Exchequer it appears that the rent is in the hand of Walter de Norwyz at fee farm, they are to sue against him at common law if this seems good to them.
- Places mentioned
- Shouldham, [Norfolk]
- Massingham, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- John Fitz John
- Thomas de Weylond (Weyland)
- [Edward I], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- SC 8/87/4324 is a copy of a writ issued in response to the Prior's earlier petition, as its endorsement makes clear: this petition must therefore date from after November 1318. A note at the start of this file, dated 3 May 1932, states that 'The petitions in this file are copied in R. C. Transcripts I. 156, and appear to form part of an original file of petitions to the parliament of Michaelmas 1320. Cf. Parl. Proc. (Chancery) 5/4'. C 49/5/4 is merely a label, 'The petitions of William de Herlaston from the King's parliament held at Westminster at the octave of Michaelmas in his fourteenth year, which were answered by the auditors of petitions, delivered into Chancery to be expedited': nevertheless, this petition is tentatively dated to 1320, as many of those in the file that can be dated seem to come from that year.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document, formerly attached to this, see SC 8/139/6905
For a writ to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer asking them to investigate this matter and formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/87/4324
For a related petition, see SC 8/151/7533
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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 7436
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148865/
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