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Prior of Plympton. King. Prior of Plympton The Prior of Plympton states that it was...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/191/9542
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This record is about the Prior of Plympton. King. Prior of Plympton The Prior of Plympton states that it was... dating from [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 8/191/9542
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Plympton.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Prior of Plympton
- Nature of request
- The Prior of Plympton states that it was recently found by inquest before John de Berewyk and his companions, justices in Eyre in Cornwall, that he holds the church of St Kew in Cornwall and land and rent there by the charter of King Edgar, in exchange for finding two canons for a chantry there, and for hospitalities and other alms; and asks that, as the church is so far from his convent, these services might be performed by a secular vicar and chaplain.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King grants that the Prior and convent are to find, in place of the two canons, a secular vicar and chaplain, in perpetuity, to celebrate divine service there and to provide hospitalities and alms in the church of St Kew. And the King's charter is to be made on this.
- Places mentioned
- Plympton, [Devon]
- Landouhou (St Kew), Cornwall.
- People mentioned
- John de Berewyk (Berwick), justice
- Edgar, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1301-7 p.512 is dated 26 March 1307, and is clearly in response to this petition. The identification of Landouhou as St Erths in the patent roll calendar appears to be incorrect.
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.512 (grant to the Prior and convent that they may perform these services by a secular vicar and chaplain)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295427/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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