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Nuns of Broomhall. King. The nuns request a grant of that waste place in the king's...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/178/8860

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This record is about the Nuns of Broomhall. King. The nuns request a grant of that waste place in the king's... dating from [? 1283] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/178/8860
Date
[? 1283]
Description
Petitioners
Nuns of Broomhall.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The nuns request a grant of that waste place in the king's forest of Windsor which adjoins their tenement.
Nature of endorsement
To Chancery.
Places mentioned
Broomhall, [Berkshire]
Windsor forest, [Berkshire].
Note
The petition probably dates to 1283 when the prioress and nuns were granted a licence to enclose 100 acres of land in the forest of Windsor which they held of the king's gift (CPR 1281-92, p.58).
Related material

For another petition (which may have been formally enclosed with this petition) by the same petitioners on a related matter, see SC 8/326/E733

For another petition from this house, see SC 8/311/15523

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.58 (licence for the prioress and nuns to enclose 100 acres of land in the forest of Windsor)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294728/

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