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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of Boxgrove. King in the present parliament. The prior and convent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4690
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Boxgrove. King in the present parliament. The prior and convent... dating from [? 1378-? 1379] 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 8/94/4690
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1378-? 1379]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Boxgrove.
- Addressees
- King in the present parliament.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request remedy and that their letters patent be confirmed as they have been impeached before the barons of the Exchequer that the priory ought to be taken into the king's hand by the war, though they have letters patent of the king's grandfather making them denizen, and because their house was badly damaged by fire and they are impoverished which matter is not allowed before the barons of the Exchequer.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Boxgrove, [Sussex].
- People mentioned
- Bishop of Chichester
- Bishop of Winchester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is clearly early Richard II as it makes reference to the letters patent of the king's grandfather, though the date adopted here of? 1378-? 1379 is speculative.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see 51 of PRO 31/7/106
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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 832
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.206a (no.6) (full edition of a later copy of original earlier petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, with the full text of the letters patent of Edward III)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149241/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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