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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of St John of Pontefract. King and council. The prior and convent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/170/8471
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This record is about the Prior and convent of St John of Pontefract. King and council. The prior and convent... dating from [1334] 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 8/170/8471
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of St John of Pontefract.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent complain that they have been denied the administration of the offerings of the chapel founded for the memory of Thomas of Lancaster which was established on land given by More and Jordan as they have sold the land to the Lord of Wake.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let certain people be assigned to enquire of all the acts, and when the inquisition is returned into Chancery the chancellor is to do right. In the meantime the prior is to take his offerings.
- Places mentioned
- Pontefract, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
- Robert de la More of Pontefract
- Adam Jurdan (Jordan)
- Lord of Wake.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1334 as the petition is published in Rot. Parl. II from a Hale manuscript which dated the petitions to parliament held in 8 Edw. III (1334) (Rot. Parl. vol. II, p.84a-b (no.48)).
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.84a-b (no.48) (full edition of later copy of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294320/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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