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Prior of Edith Weston. King and council. Prior of Edith Weston The prior of Edith...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7526

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This record is about the Prior of Edith Weston. King and council. Prior of Edith Weston The prior of Edith... dating from [? 1322-? 1335] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/151/7526
Date
[? 1322-? 1335]
Description
Petitioners
Prior of Edith Weston.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Prior of Edith Weston
Nature of request
The prior of Edith Weston requests that he be discharged of the farm and arrears that he paid for his temporalities which had been taken into the king's hand because of the quarrel with the king of France, and that he can have livery of his spiritualities and temporalities.
Nature of endorsement
Concerning the restitution, it is restored; and concerning the arrears let it be in the condition of others.
Places mentioned
Edith Weston, [Rutland].
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to? 1320-? 1335 on the basis of the hand. The petition is likely to be after 1322 as the response is in French, and it may be a petition of late Edward II rather than early Edward III.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter see SC 8/151/7532

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209712/

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