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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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The Prior and convent of Witham in Selwood, the Prior and convent of Hinton, the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/150/7500
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This record is about the The Prior and convent of Witham in Selwood, the Prior and convent of Hinton, the... dating from [1455] 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 8/150/7500
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1455]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The Prior and convent of Witham in Selwood, the Prior and convent of Hinton, the Prior and convent of Sheen, the Prior and convent of the Charterhouse of London, the Prior and convent of Mountgrace, and the Prior and convent of St Michael beside Hull.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- This petition is in four parts. The Prior and convent of Witham in Selwood, the Prior and convent of Hinton, the Prior and convent of Sheen, and the Priors and convents of the Charterhouse of London, of Mount Grace, of St Michael beside Hull and of Hinton, together, all six of which houses are of the Carthusian order, make requests for exemption from the current act of resumption.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Witham, [Somerset]
- Selwood, [Somerset]
- Hinton, [Somerset]
- Sheen, [Surrey]
- London
- Toftes (Toft Monks), Norfolk
- Warmington, Warwiwckshire
- Spettisbury, Dorset
- Aston, Berkshire
- Preaux, Normandy, [France]
- Savoy, [France]
- Wiltshire
- Salisbury, [Wiltshire]
- Mount Grace, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry IV, King of England
- Thomas Erpingham
- John Haylys, clerk
- Henry [V], King of England
- Richard I, King of England
- Henry [II], King of England.
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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)
- English
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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. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.304a (exemption of petitioners from act of resumption)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209686/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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