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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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Prior and convent of the Holy Trinity, York. The petitioners request a writ under...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/108/5373
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This record is about the Prior and convent of the Holy Trinity, York. The petitioners request a writ under... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1323] 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 8/108/5373
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of the Holy Trinity, York.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request a writ under the privy seal to the sheriff of Yorkshire to inquire into the rights they claim to have held since the time of Henry II to a tenth of the profits of the mills in the castle at York, now claimed by Skotherskelf and Topclif.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it await the arrival of Master Robert Baldock when an inquiry will be made; the king will then have his will on the matter.
- Places mentioned
- Holy Trinity Priory, York
- St Mary's, Castlegate, [York].
- People mentioned
- John de Skotherskelf (Skutterskelfe), parson
- John de Topclif (Topcliffe), parson
- Robert Baldock.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The reference to Robert Baldock places the petition in the reign of Edward I, probably in the early 1320s before Baldock's appointment as chancellor in 1323.
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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 2899
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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/C9149945/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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