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Prior of Pontefract. [Not specified.] Prior of Pontefract Petition concerning the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/136/6773

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This record is about the Prior of Pontefract. [Not specified.] Prior of Pontefract Petition concerning the... dating from [1281-1284] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/136/6773
Date
[1281-1284]
Description
Petitioners
Prior of Pontefract.
Addressees
[Not specified.]
Occupation
Prior of Pontefract
Nature of request
Petition concerning the rights of Pontefract Priory.
Nature of endorsement
Notes of process.
Places mentioned
York
Pontefract Priory, [West Riding of Yorskhire]
Silkstone, [West Riding of] Yorkshire.
People mentioned
William [Wickwane], Archbishop of York
Sheriff of Yorkshire
John de Berwick
Hamo le Proctor
Roger de Malton.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208955/

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