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Prior of Newport Pagnell. King in parliament. Prior of Newport Pagnell Request for...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/130/6475

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Reference
SC 8/130/6475
Date
[1401]
Description
Petitioners
Prior of Newport Pagnell.
Addressees
King in parliament.
Occupation
Prior of Newport Pagnell
Nature of request
Request for assistance in overturning judgments rendered against the prior concerning lands in Ireland.
Nature of endorsement
The record was brought in parliament and the prior was given a writ of scire facias returnable in the next parliament.
Places mentioned
Newport Pagnell, [Buckinghamshire]
Ireland
Lichfield, [Staffordshire].
People mentioned
Edmund [of Langley], Duke of York
Richard II, King of England
Bishop and chapter of Lichfield cathedral.
Note
Firmly datable by reference to Rot. Parl., vol. III, p. 464b.
Related material

For a duplicate of this petition, without endorsement, see SC 8/130/6452

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6139
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.464b (memorandum of petition and response on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208655/

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