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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Tenants of the manor of Stoneleigh, and all the free tenants of Kenilworth and Ashow....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/161/8023
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This record is about the Tenants of the manor of Stoneleigh, and all the free tenants of Kenilworth and Ashow.... dating from [c. 1325] 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 8/161/8023
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants of the manor of Stoneleigh, and all the free tenants of Kenilworth and Ashow.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The tenants request remedy and restoration of their common rights of pasture in the frith of Kenilworth where they were accustomed to pasture their animals without rendering anything except tithes as the late earl of Lancaster has enclosed 800 acres of it as his severalty.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Stoneleigh, [Warwickshire]
- Kenilworth, [Warwickshire]
- Ashow, [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1325 as it is clearly after the fall of Thomas of Lancaster, and is probably contemporary with complaints of the prior and convent of Kenilworth over communing in the same place (CCW 1244-1326, p.565).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the chancery warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed, see nos.7129-30 in C 81/129
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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)
- Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.565 (related Chancery warrants concerning the prior and convent of Kenilworth)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293867/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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