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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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James de Cosance, Prior of Prittlewell. de Cosance James King. Prior of Prittlewell...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/196/9755
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This record is about the James de Cosance, Prior of Prittlewell. de Cosance James King. Prior of Prittlewell... dating from [1317-1318] 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 8/196/9755
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1317-1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- James de Cosance, Prior of Prittlewell.
- Name(s)
- de Cosance, James
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Prior of Prittlewell
- Nature of request
- [This petition is largely illegible] James de Cosance, Prior of Prittlewell, states that although he has been duly appointed Prior, he is being impleaded on this by William [le Avernaz] in the court of Rome, in disinheritance of the King. He asks the King to order the Chancellor to send writs forbidding William and the judges from meddling with this matter, and from doing anything that could redound to the prejudice of the King or the destruction of the house.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Prittlewell, [Essex]
- Lewes, [Sussex]
- Cluny, [Burgundy, France].
- People mentioned
- Prior of Lewes
- Abbot of Cluny
- William [le Avernaz].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Formerly enclosed with CCW 1244-1326 p.481, which is dated 8 January 1317. CCR 1318-23 pp.96-97 is dated 27 July 1318, pp.8-9 is dated 16 August 1318, p.29 is dated 18 November 1318, pp.51-52 is dated 28 December 1318.
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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)
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- Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.481 (mandate to ordain a remedy for this matter)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.96-97 (order to the Escheator to remove William le Avernaz and his companions, who have entered the priory with force, to take it into the King's hand, and to have William and James appear in Chancery to show their right) & pp.8-9 (order to deliver the priory to the petitioner, as William le Avernaz has renounced his claim to it) & p.29 (the King notifies the Archbishop of Canterbury that William is suing James on this matter) & pp.51-52 (another order to the Escheator to remove William and h
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295643/
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