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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Beauchamp, Prior of Harmondsworth. Beauchamp Robert King and council. Harmondsworth,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5755
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This record is about the Robert Beauchamp, Prior of Harmondsworth. Beauchamp Robert King and council. Harmondsworth,... dating from [c. 1381-c. 1382] 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 8/116/5755
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1381-c. 1382]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Beauchamp, Prior of Harmondsworth.
- Name(s)
- Beauchamp, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Places mentioned
- Harmondsworth, [Middlesex]
- Westminster.
- Nature of request
- The Prior of Harmondsworth requests new copies of charters and relief from his rent. During recent disturbances, the commons had entered his house, threatening him and burning all his muniments. Also, disease had killed all their sheep, leaving the house in poverty.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1381-2. The events described almost certainly relate to an attack during the Peasants' Revolt. Harmondsworth was an alien priory, the rent referring to the fine paid by such priories to avoid dissolution. The Priory was dissolved in 1391-2.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.35 of PRO 31/7/107
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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 4170
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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/C9150429/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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