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Prior of Worksop. King and council. Prior of Worksop [The petition has suffered considerable...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/158/7873

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This record is about the Prior of Worksop. King and council. Prior of Worksop [The petition has suffered considerable... dating from [c. 1331] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/158/7873
Date
[c. 1331]
Description
Petitioners
Prior of Worksop.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Prior of Worksop
Nature of request
[The petition has suffered considerable damage and the full sense is not now recoverable though it clearly concerns a lengthy legal suit over suit to the mill at Gringley for which the prior requests remedy].
Nature of endorsement
Let the rolls and the petitions . . . concerning this business be searched . . .
Places mentioned
[Worksop, [Nottinghamshire]]
Gringley on the Hill, [Nottinghamshire]
Westminster
Wheatley, [Nottinghamshire].
People mentioned
Simon de Bereford, keeper of . . .
Note
The petition is dated on the guard to c. 1331]. It is not entirely clear why this date has been selected, but the date does place the petition right in the middle of the dating of related petitions and documents.
Related material

For the writ and inquisition relating to SC 8/8/399C see SC 8/8/399A

For a related petition see SC 8/8/399C

For the copy of the grant of the mill see SC 8/8/399B

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/C9210065/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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