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Prior and convent of Newstead. King. Request for assistance in the petitioners' claim...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/131/6511

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This record is about the Prior and convent of Newstead. King. Request for assistance in the petitioners' claim... dating from [c. 1315] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/131/6511
Date
[c. 1315]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of Newstead.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Request for assistance in the petitioners' claim to Egmanton church.
Nature of endorsement
The king will write to the archbishop [of York].
Places mentioned
Newstead Priory, [Nottinghamshire]
Sherwood Forest, [Nottinghamshire]
Egmanton, [Nottinghamshire].
People mentioned
Archbishop of York.
Note
The petition dates from around the same time that the petitioners received licence to appropriate Egmanton church in mortmain: CPR 1313-17, p. 398.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6196
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208693/

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