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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and Convent of Lenton. King and Council. The Prior and convent of Lenton ask...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/124/6180
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This record is about the Prior and Convent of Lenton. King and Council. The Prior and convent of Lenton ask... dating from [c. 1342] 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 8/124/6180
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1342]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and Convent of Lenton.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The Prior and convent of Lenton ask that the prior be allowed to hold the house as he did before the priory was taken into the king's hands on account of the war with the French, and that the farm not be granted to Tiptoft. They state that the king had asked for 60 marks for the farm of the house, but they could only raise 40 marks without causing great destruction to the house. Now Tiptoft, with whom the priory had already had a dispute over the village of Langar, has offered 100 marks for the farm of the house, which would be to the great damage of the house.
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition is allowed by the great council, and they should sue to have a writ in Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Lenton, [Nottinghamshire]
- France
- Langar, [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- [Astorgius de Corciis], Prior of Lenton
- John Tiptoft.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c.1342, with reference to SC 8/124/6181, letters patent issued in 1342 which were presumably either issued in response to this petition or attached as evidence.
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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 5389
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VI, 1341-1343, (Public Record Office, 1902), pp.358-60 (general order to heads of alien houses to appear at Westminster regarding payment of their farms, and orders to sheriffs to inform them to appear)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VI, 1343-1345, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.400 (grant that a royal sergeant at arms may assist the prior in collecting rents and dues at Langar and elsewhere, which he has been unable to collect due to disturbances)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208350/
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