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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prioress and convent of Amesbury. King and council. 1) The prioress and convent request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/171/8528
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/171/8528
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prioress and convent of Amesbury.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- 1) The prioress and convent request that the king will summon the inquisition taken by Beauchamp and others into the chantry for Queen Eleanor established at Amesbury which has been maintained at their cost, they never receiving the grant of land that Edward I promised them, and they request that the king will give his will concerning it.2) The prioress and convent request a grant of the manor of Cosham which Mary the king's aunt holds for her life, or the church of Kingsclere in pure and perpetual alms.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Let the] inquisition be brought before the council.
- Places mentioned
- Amesbury, [Wiltshire]
- Westminster
- Cosham, [Hampshire]
- Kingsclere, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Beauchamp de Somersete (Somerset)
- Renaud de Pavely
- Robert de Hungerford
- Mary [Plantagenet, daughter of Edward I and] aunt of Edward III.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1328 as the inquisition referred to in the first part of the petition dates to May 1327 (CIM 1307-49, no.1002).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/166/8284
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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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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.347 (order to discharge the farmer of the manor of Cosham of the farm as the rent has been restored to the king's sister)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1002 (inquisition concerning the provision of a chantry at Amesbury)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294393/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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