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Prior and convent of Durham. King. [Petition in usual format consisting of two statements...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/175/8737
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/175/8737
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1301]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Durham.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in usual format consisting of two statements and two requests].1) The prior and convent thank the king for his benefits and labours to put their church in a good state, and state that the bishop has done his visitation.2) They state that the bishop found that the goods of the church had been dispersed and they request that the king order the sheriffs of Yorkshire and Northumberland to restore any that are found in their bailiwicks.3) They deny that the bishop had appropriated any of their goods and state that he had provided for them for their relief.4) They request that monks of the house suing in the king's court be commanded to return to their house and obedience, and they are ready to obey the king's command.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Durham, [County Durham]
- Yorkshire
- Northumberland.
- People mentioned
- [Antony Bek], bishop of Durham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Fraser dates this petition to? 1301 on the basis that this petition was the biased pleading of Henry de Luceby who had been intruded by Bishop Bek following Bek's visitation of the priory on 20 May 1300 when he had suspended the Prior Hoton and many of the obedientiaries. As Fraser points out, Prior Hoton and his proctors were suing in the king's court in 1301-1302, and part four of this petition is clearly aimed at Hoton and his proctors' activities, so that the petition must date to this period. As Hoton was ultimately successful and Edward I confiscated Bishop Bek's franchise on 7 July 1302, it is clear that the petition cannot have been any later than this date (Northern Petitions, pp.206-7 (no.152)).
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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)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.206-7 (no.152) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294605/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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