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Prior and convent of Spalding. King and council. The prior and convent of Spalding...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/166/8263

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This record is about the Prior and convent of Spalding. King and council. The prior and convent of Spalding... dating from [? 1369-? 1397] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/166/8263
Date
[? 1369-? 1397]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of Spalding.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The prior and convent of Spalding request remedy concerning a yearly pension of £40, confirmed by the pope, which they owe to the Abbot of Angers, but which was taken into the King's hand among other possessions of aliens during the war and paid to his Exchequer, and the Abbot has sued the petitioners for the same pension and its arrears for the duration of the war in the Court of Rome, where they cannot have recovery or defence.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Spalding, [Lincolnshire]
Angers, [Anjou, France]
Rome, [Italy].
People mentioned
Pope
Abbot of Angers.
Note
Dated on the guard to between 1369 and 1397 with reference to CCR 1369-74, p. 43 and Cal. Papal Petitions 1342-1419, p. 76.
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/C9294108/

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