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Peter, monk of Kelso. Peter King. monk Peter, who has been sent by the king's commandment...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/119/5936

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Reference
SC 8/119/5936
Date
[1305-1306]
Description
Petitioners
Peter, monk of Kelso.
Name(s)
Peter
Addressees
King.
Occupation
monk
Nature of request
Peter, who has been sent by the king's commandment to join the monks of Norwich, requests to return to the monks of his order in Kelso.
Nature of endorsement
Send a writ to the Prior and Convent of Norwich that they should allow him to transfer to that order and house.
Places mentioned
Kelso, [Roxburghshire, Scotland]
Norwich, [Norfolk].
People mentioned
[Henry of Lakenham], Prior of Norwich.
Note
An order to the Prior of Kelso, confirming that Peter had license to return there, was issued on 16 February 1306, suggesting that the petition dates from slightly earlier.
Related material

For transcript, see p.100 of PRO 31/7/93

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4664
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.427 (confirmation to the Prior of Kelso that he has granted Peter, monk of Kelso, permission to return to that house)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150620/

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