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Abbot and convent of Dorchester. King. The petitioners request a licence to purchase...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/106/5282

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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Dorchester. King. The petitioners request a licence to purchase... dating from [c. 1285-c. 1310] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/106/5282
Date
[c. 1285-c. 1310]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Dorchester.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The petitioners request a licence to purchase land from Heved in Clifton and Ashendon, from Aston in Dorchester, and from Clerk in Burcote.
Nature of endorsement
Let them have a writ of inquiry.
Places mentioned
Dorchester, [Oxfordshire]
Clifton, [Oxfordshire]
Ashendon, [Berkshire]
Burcot, [Oxfordshire].
People mentioned
Nicholas Heved
William de Aston of Dorchester
Thomas [le Clerk], son of William le Clerk of Burcot
William le Clerk of Burcot.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2721
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149852/

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