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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
Prior and convent of Newstead. King and council. Request for licence to appropriate...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/131/6524
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Newstead. King and council. Request for licence to appropriate... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1350] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/131/6524
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Newstead.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Request for licence to appropriate 200 acres of waste in Sherwood Forest.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let them declare the areas of waste and inquisition ad quod damnum can be made; afterwards, they declared the areas of waste.
- Places mentioned
- Sherwood Forest, [Nottinghamshire]
- Newstead Priory, [Nottinghamshire]
- Stankerhill, [Nottinghamshire]
- Papplewick Moor, [Nottinghamshire]
- Ravenshead, [Nottinghamshire]
- Kighill, [Nottinghamshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is of uncertain date; the use of Latin in the endorsement and the evidence of enrolment suggests that is comes from the early fourteenth century, though the hand of the petition itself could suggest a later date.
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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 6219
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208706/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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