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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prioress and nuns of Studley. King. The Prioress and nuns of Studley state that in...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/191/9531
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This record is about the Prioress and nuns of Studley. King. The Prioress and nuns of Studley state that in... dating from [1272-? c. 1280] 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 8/191/9531
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1272-? c. 1280]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prioress and nuns of Studley.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Prioress and nuns of Studley state that in the forty-third year of Henry III, the King of Almaine wrote to them asking them to present Michael de Norhampton to the church of Beckley, and that they declined, as they had already presented two clerks to that living at his request, and did not wish him to steal the advowson from them by deceit. The King of Almaine empleaded them concerning the advowson, and wrongly took it from them, and presented Michael, who has withheld tithes from them, driven off their animals and shamefully mistreated them: to the extent that they have been unable to work their land, and are greatly impoverished. They request peace from him, and justice in their wrong.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Studley, [Oxfordshire]
- Beckley, [Oxfordshire]
- Wallingford, [Berkshire]
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire]
- Almaine (Germany).
- People mentioned
- Michael de Norhampton (Northampton), parson of Beckley
- Henry [III], King of England
- [Richard of Cornwall], King of Almaine [ and Earl of Cornwall]
- Nicholas de Aune, clerk
- Roger de Mulond (de Meuland, Longespee), Bishop of Chester (Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield)
- [Richard Gravesend], Bishop of Lincoln
- Geoffrey de Leuekenore (Lewknor), Steward of Beckley
- Pain, clerk of the King of Almaine
- John de la Penne
- Walter le Puest of Beckley.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The initial letter requesting presentation was written in 43 Henry III (28 October 1258-27 October 1259), and Richard, King of Almaine, died in 1272. This petition would therefore seem to date from the early years 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)
- 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295416/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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