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Prior and convent of St Mary Overy, Southwark. King and council in parliament. The...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/139/6927

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This record is about the Prior and convent of St Mary Overy, Southwark. King and council in parliament. The... dating from [1385] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/139/6927
Date
[1385]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of St Mary Overy, Southwark.
Addressees
King and council in parliament.
Nature of request
The petitioners complain of a judgment rendered in the court of arches which deprives them of a yearly pension due to their church from Swanscombe church.
Nature of endorsement
A memorandum of the king's grant, of his special grace, in this matter.
Places mentioned
St Mary Overy, Southwark, [Surrey]
Swanscombe, [Kent].
People mentioned
Ralph Bolewyk (Bulwick), parson
[William] de Assheton (Ashton), parson.
Note
Firmly datable by reference to CCR 1385-9, p. 11. See also SC 8/20/985.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/20/985

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1921), p.11 (resulting notice of permission to prosecute this case in the court of Canterbury)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209111/

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