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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Herbert, Prior of Ware. Herbert William King and lords of parliament. Prior...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/146/7262
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This record is about the William Herbert, Prior of Ware. Herbert William King and lords of parliament. Prior... dating from [c. 1385] 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 8/146/7262
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Herbert, Prior of Ware.
- Name(s)
- Herbert, William
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Occupation
- Prior of Ware
- Nature of request
- The Prior of Ware states that the King, at the request of his late mother, granted the priory to the Prior at farm for term of life, during the wars, with the clause that he was not to be expelled during his lifetime, as can be seen in the letters patent for the grant. The King has now granted the priory to John Golofre, knight of his chamber, for the same farm that the Prior now pays, to the Prior's ruin and contrary to the first grant. He asks that his estate might be clarified in the present parliament.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Ware, [Hertfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Joan of Kent, Princess of Wales
- John Golofre, knight of the King's chamber.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition must date from after the death of Joan of Kent in 1285, but probably from before the grant of the priory to the Friars of King's Langley on 13 September 1386 (CPR 1385-9 p.213), since this is not mentioned. CPR 1381-5 p.13 is dated 20 May 1381.
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.13 (grant to priory to Prior as described in the petition, at the request of the King's mother)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.213 (grant of the farm of the priory to the Friars Preacher of King's Langley)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209445/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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