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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
Item
Prior of the church of St John, Brecon. King and council. [The petition is badly...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/162/8067
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This record is about the Prior of the church of St John, Brecon. King and council. [The petition is badly... dating from [? 1315] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/162/8067
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of the church of St John, Brecon.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged and largely illegible].The prior requests that the king confirm . . . by his charter for a reasonable fine.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Illegible].
- Places mentioned
- Brecon, [Brecknockshire, Wales].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition probably dates to 1315 as an exemplification of the rights of the priory dates to 1 June 1315 (CPR 1313-17, pp.292-3).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same house, see SC 8/157/7808
For another petition by the same house see SC 8/91/4534
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.272 (partial summary of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.292-3 (exemplification at the request of the earl of Hereford)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293911/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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