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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hugh de Cressi (Cressy), parson of the church of Greasley. de Cressi (Cressy) Hugh...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/99/4932
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This record is about the Hugh de Cressi (Cressy), parson of the church of Greasley. de Cressi (Cressy) Hugh... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1325] 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 8/99/4932
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh de Cressi (Cressy), parson of the church of Greasley.
- Name(s)
- de Cressi (Cressy), Hugh
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Hugh de Cressi, parson of the church of Greasley, states that, as of the right of his church, he was in possession of all manner of tithes from a vill called Willey, which is of the King's ancient demesne, disafforested, and which contains certain new assarts from which he received the tithes until the King granted them to the Prior of Felley at the last parliament, at the quinzaine of Candlemas. Hugh asks the King to speak his grace and his will on the matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have a writ of Chancery to the justices to inquire into what estate that rector had in the site before it was assarted, and he is to inform the King on this at the next parliament etc.
- Places mentioned
- Greasley, Nottinghamshire
- Wylley (Willey Hay), Nottinghamshire
- Felley, Nottinghamshire.
- People mentioned
- Prior of Felley.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has not been positively dated and is assigned impressionistically, on the basis of the hand, to the first quarter of the fourteenth century. The parliament mentioned in the petition is difficult to identify.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.79 of PRO 31/7/93
For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/329/E967
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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 1650
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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/C9149499/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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