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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of St Dennis near Southampton. King and council. The Prior and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/142/7079
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This record is about the Prior and convent of St Dennis near Southampton. King and council. The Prior and... dating from [c. 1339] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/142/7079
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1339]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of St Dennis near Southampton.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Prior and convent of St Dennis near Southampton state that their rents and tenements in Southampton, from which they have the greater part of their sustenance, have been burnt and destroyed by enemies, and that their men are charged with finding men at arms and archers for the defence of the town, and with paying the tenths, so that they can scarcely find enough to live off. They ask that during their misfortunes they might be excused these tenths and the charge for men at arms and archers.
- Nature of endorsement
- With regard to their tenths, they cannot be discharged; and with regard to finding men at arms and archers, they are to wait for the response to the common petition.
- Places mentioned
- Southampton, [Hampshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The writ of respite for the petitioners enrolled on the roll of the parliament of 1339 (Rot. Parl. vol.II, p.111b (no.45)), mentions that this is because their houses have been burnt and destroyed: there is mention of another respite on the roll of the parliament of 1340 (Rot. Parl. vol.II, p.114b (no.32)). This petition would therefore seem to come from the same time, or possibly slightly earlier.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.111b (no.45) (writ of respite for the petitioners from the tenth due at the Purification last, and from that due at the quinzaine of Michaelmas) & p.114b (no.32) (another respite)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209258/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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