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Prior of Avebury. [King]. Prior of Avebury The Prior of Avebury lists the misfortunes...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/195/9706
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This record is about the Prior of Avebury. [King]. Prior of Avebury The Prior of Avebury lists the misfortunes... dating from [1356-1357] 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 8/195/9706
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1356-1357]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Avebury.
- Addressees
- [King].
- Occupation
- Prior of Avebury
- Nature of request
- The Prior of Avebury lists the misfortunes which have befallen him through flood, fire, plague, murrain of sheep, rents withheld, and expenses for repairs to his priory, and states that he has petitioned the King to have a pardon for the arrears of his farm: and now a large sum of money has been assigned to John Brokas for the term of Easter last. He asks that this might not be levied until the King has ordained his grace.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Prior owes £96 from arrears of his priory, for which he requests grace.He is to be pardoned £36 of the arrears he owes from times past, and he will pay £40 now. And he will have respite of £20, to pay £10 next Michaelmas with his farm, and £10 at the following Easter with his farm, of the King's grace, out of reverence for St George, patron of the house, and for their poverty; and letters are to be sent to the Treasurer, Barons and Chamberlains.
- Places mentioned
- Avebury, [Wiltshire]
- Upavon, [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- [Margaret of Brotherton], Countess Marshal [of Norfolk]
- Thomas Trett
- John Brokas.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1354-60 p.293 is dated 20 January 1357, and, from the endorsement, is clearly in response to this petition. This petition may have accompanied the one mentioned here, asking for pardon - to which the endorsement strictly belongs.
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. X, 1354-1360, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.293 (order to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer in accordance with the endorsement of this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295593/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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