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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Beatrice, Prioress of Aconbury, and the convent of Aconbury. Beatrice King. Prioress...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/191/9522
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This record is about the Beatrice, Prioress of Aconbury, and the convent of Aconbury. Beatrice King. Prioress... dating from [? c. 1290-1307] 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 8/191/9522
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1290-1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Beatrice, Prioress of Aconbury, and the convent of Aconbury.
- Name(s)
- Beatrice
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Prioress of Aconbury
- Nature of request
- Beatrice, Prioress of Aconbury, and the convent of Aconbury state that they hold some land and a wood within the bounds of . . . Aconbury in pure and perpetual alms, of the gift of Henry III; but that before they held it in this way, they held it at farm. They are now being distrained for £36 demanded from them by summons of the Exchequer for the arrears of this farm, and request a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Aconbury, Herefordshire.
- People mentioned
- Henry [III], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCW 1244-1326 p.16 is dated 19 November 1283, but from the hand, this petition would seem to come from later in the reign of Edward I.
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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)
- Latin
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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 Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.16 (mandate to grant the Prioress and convent letters to enclose their wood and to grant them respite for two years for £20 due for their lands of Aconbury, held at farm of Henry III)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295406/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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