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Master, brothers and sisters of the hospital of the Holy Innocents outside Lincoln....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8359

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This record is about the Master, brothers and sisters of the hospital of the Holy Innocents outside Lincoln.... 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 8/168/8359
Date
[c. 1331]
Description
Petitioners
Master, brothers and sisters of the hospital of the Holy Innocents outside Lincoln.
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
The petitioners request remedy, stating that certain lands in Boultham have been fraudulently alienated to Bliton without their permission, contrary to the wishes of their founders.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]
Boultham, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
John de Canewyk, keeper of the hospital
William de Bliton (Blyton) of Lincoln
Thomas de Carleton of Lincoln
John de Carleton, former master of the hospital of the Holy Innocents outside Lincoln
[Henry Burghersh], Bishop of Lincoln, chancellor.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1331, with reference to various enrolments on this matter.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.434 (order regarding other related lands)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.267 (order to the escheator to take into the king's hands these lands and others, alienated without his permission)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.189 (appointment of keeper to custody of these and other lands, taken into the king's hands)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.519 (confirmation to William Blyton of the grant of this land by Carleton to John de Blyton)
Record URL
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