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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior of St Mary's, Lancaster. King. Prior of St Mary's, Lancaster The Prior of Lancaster...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/123/6135
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/123/6135
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of St Mary's, Lancaster.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Prior of St Mary's, Lancaster
- Nature of request
- The Prior of Lancaster requests permission to appropriate the church of Heysham, of which he holds the advowson, together with the tax of 100s per year, for the relief of his house, which was destroyed by the Scots. He also asks that his house retain the hospital of St Leonard in Lancaster, which extends to 9 marks 7s per year, in order to found a chantry or to do other alms for the king and his heirs.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning the hospital, he should inform the council upon what alms it was founded and what persons reside there and upon what conditions.2) Concerning the appropriation of the church, Coram Rege. The king is advised not to grant this due to the many complaints made to him by the bishops concerning rights to such appropriations.
- Places mentioned
- Lancaster, [Lancashire]
- Heysham, [Lancashire]
- St. Leonard's Hospital, Lancaster, [Lancashire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? c. 1323, with reference to an inquisition into the status of St Leonard's Hospital, held on 5 October 1323, which may have been held in connection with this request. The Scots sacked Lancaster in 1322, which would correlate with the Prior's statement that the priory had been destroyed by the King's Scottish enemies.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.91 of PRO 31/7/97
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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 5266
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.672 (p.167) (inquisition into the status of the hospital of St Leonard, Lancaster)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208305/
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