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Prior and convent of St Oswald (Nostell). King and council. The prior and convent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/170/8451
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/170/8451
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of St Oswald (Nostell).
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request allowance in a sum now demanded from them for their tenth against the sum owed to them by the king for goods taken from them by Horsley for the maintenance of Bamburgh Castle.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Let there be a writ on this.2) They should go to Chancery and show their bill. And let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons that they view the account of the keeper of the Wardrobe and make allowance to the prior.
- Places mentioned
- Nostell Priory, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Bamburgh, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Horseleye (Horsley), formerly constable of Bamburgh Castle
- William de Melton, archbishop of York and formerly keeper of the Wardrobe.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1327 because it was ordered that the accounts of Archbishop Melton be examined and allowance be made to the priory on 29 January 1327 (CCR 1327-30, pp.1-2).
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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 8/16/783
For another document from the same house, see SC 8/270/13499
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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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- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.207-8 (no.186) (full edition of petition)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), pp.1-2 (order to examine the accounts of Melton, and if the debt to the priory remained unpaid, to make allowance)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294299/
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