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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alan Mahe, prior of Sporle. Mahe Alan King and council. prior of Sporle The prior...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/170/8478
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This record is about the Alan Mahe, prior of Sporle. Mahe Alan King and council. prior of Sporle The prior... dating from [1344] 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 8/170/8478
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1344]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alan Mahe, prior of Sporle.
- Name(s)
- Mahe, Alan
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- prior of Sporle
- Nature of request
- The prior requests that he can have again the priory holding the same as by the charter of the king and rendering the farm, as he was granted the keeping of the priory during the war with France, has paid an increase in the farm, but the house has now been granted to the hands of lay people to it and his ruin.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council that his demand is just and let him be restored to the keeping of the priory, rendering to the king the farm according to the purport of his last patent.
- Places mentioned
- Sporle, [Norfolk].
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a duplicate of this petition similarly endorsed see SC 8/72/3556
For the Chancery warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.16310 in C 81/299
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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)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. V, Edw III, 1337-1347, (Public Record Office, 1915), pp.381-2 (restitution of the keeping of the priory to the prior)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294327/
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