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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 Our Lady of Southwark. King and council. [Much of the right-hand...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/143/7104
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This record is about the Prior and Convent of Our Lady of Southwark. King and council. [Much of the right-hand... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/143/7104
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and Convent of Our Lady of Southwark.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [Much of the right-hand side of this petition is missing.]The Prior and convent of Our Lady of Southwark state that they have pleaded against the Abbot of Westminster before the justices of Common Bench, concerning a rent of 20s from the manor of Westerham in Kent, by a fine levied in the court of Henry III between Stephen, then Prior of Southwark and Robert de Caunvyll, then lord of Westerham; of which rent they were seised until the manor came into the hands of the Abbot. The plea has continued since the time of Edward I, but [is being delayed because the Abbot has produced a charter of Edward I]. The King is asked to order a warrant to the justices [to proceed], notwithstanding the charter.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is said before the council that the Prior has previously had an allowance elsewhere for the said rent.
- Places mentioned
- Southwark, [Surrey]
- Westminster
- Westerham, Kent.
- People mentioned
- The Abbot of Westminster
- Henry [III], King of England
- Stephen, Prior of Our Lady of Southwark
- Robert de [Caunvyll], Lord of Westerham
- Edward [I], King of England
- Edward [II], King of England
- William de Herlaston.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the content, this petition is clearly from the reign of Edward III, and from the fact that the latter stages of the plea described here seem to have taken place in the reign of Edward II, probably from the early years of that reign.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier related petition, see SC 8/73/3641
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209283/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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