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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Peter de . . ., clerk. Peter King and council. clerk The petitioner requests a remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/155/7712
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This record is about the Peter de . . ., clerk. Peter King and council. clerk The petitioner requests a remedy... dating from [1338-1341] 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 8/155/7712
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1338-1341]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Peter de . . ., clerk.
- Name(s)
- Peter
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- The petitioner requests a remedy concerning the prebend of Nassington in the cathedral of Lincoln, which was granted to him . . . but he has been unable to have his right by the conspiracy of Bishop Burghersh. He requests remedy also for his costs and trouble.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- The bishop should come before the council to show why the writ was not sealed and revocation made.2) The bishop came and said that another had the possession of the prebend by collation of the king before the judgment and still holds it, and the collation is shown to the king . . .
- Places mentioned
- Nassington, [Northamptonshire]
- Lincoln, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Geoffrey Lescrope
- Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1338-1341 when the matter of the king's right to present to the prebend of Nassington was current (CPR 1338-40, p.99; CPR 1340-3, pp.331-2).
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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, Edw III, vol. IV, 1338-1340, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.99 (grant of the prebend to John de Pyrie, a king's clerk)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1340-1343, (Public Record Office, 1900), pp.331-2 (evidence concerning the king's right to grant to the prebend)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209903/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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