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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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Nicholas de Lek (Leek), knight. de Lek (Leek) Nicholas King and council. Lek requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/91/4529
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This record is about the Nicholas de Lek (Leek), knight. de Lek (Leek) Nicholas King and council. Lek requests... dating from [c. 1322] 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 8/91/4529
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Nicholas de Lek (Leek), knight.
- Name(s)
- de Lek (Leek), Nicholas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Lek requests remedy as the Templars received a rent from land in Stenigot which he re-entered as other lords did when the Templars were suppressed, but was ejected by the earl of Lancaster who had no title, and the rent is now in the king's hand.
- Nature of endorsement
- Nothing is able to be done on this at present as it touches the lands of the Templars.
- Places mentioned
- Stenigot, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Templars
- [Thomas of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition clearly dates to 1322 or shortly thereafter as it refers to the forfeiture of the earl of Lancaster.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.70 of PRO 31/7/97
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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 502
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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/C9149075/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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