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Prior of St James, Bristol. King. Prior of St James, Bristol 1) Coram council of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4651

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Reference
SC 8/94/4651
Date
[c. 1275-c. 1300]
Description
Petitioners
Prior of St James, Bristol.
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Prior of St James, Bristol
Nature of request
1)
Nature of endorsement
Coram council of the king.2) Let it be ordered by writ of Chancery to . . . of Bristol that they should enquire of the time that the money was paid and if . . .
Places mentioned
Bristol
La Berton (Barton Regis) hundred, [Gloucestershire].
People mentioned
[Only the left side of this petition survives.]The prior requests . . . tenements of his people within the hundred of Barton Regis . . . to the church of St James in as much as he received . . .
Note
The petition is of uncertain date and is assigned tentatively, on the basis of the hand, to the last quarter of the thirteenth century.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 766
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149202/

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