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Benet (Benedict) de Normanton, Chancery clerk. de Normanton Benet (Benedict) King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/194/9690

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This record is about the Benet (Benedict) de Normanton, Chancery clerk. de Normanton Benet (Benedict) King.... dating from [1345] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/194/9690
Date
[1345]
Description
Petitioners
Benet (Benedict) de Normanton, Chancery clerk.
Name(s)
de Normanton, Benet (Benedict)
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Chancery clerk
Nature of request
Benet de Normanton, Chancery clerk, requests permission to give certain lands and rents in Goverton, Bleasby, Gibsmere, and Morton, not held of the King in chief, to the vicar of Morton, to set up a chantry in honour of the Holy Cross, for the King and Queen, their children, the King's progenitors, and all Christians; and that he might do this without paying a fine.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Goverton, [Nottinghamshire]
Bleasby, [Nottinghamshire]
Gibsmere, [Nottinghamshire]
Morton, [Nottinghamshire]
Southwell, [Nottinghamshire].
People mentioned
[Edward II], King of England
[Philippa of Hainault], Queen of England.
Note
Formerly enclosed with no.16886 of C 81/304, which is dated 13 June 19 Edward III (1345).CPR 1343-5 p.519 is dated 6 July 1345.
Related material

For a mandate to the Chancellor to make letters under the great seal on this matter, as the King has granted this petition, see no.16886 of C 81/304

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 III, vol. VI, 1343-1345, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.519 (permission for this alienation)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295577/

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