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Francis de Baugiaco, Prior of Montacute. de Baugiaco Francis Commons of parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/199/9917
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This record is about the Francis de Baugiaco, Prior of Montacute. de Baugiaco Francis Commons of parliament.... dating from [c. 1385] 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 8/199/9917
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Francis de Baugiaco, Prior of Montacute.
- Name(s)
- de Baugiaco, Francis
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Occupation
- Prior of Montacute
- Nature of request
- Francis, Prior of Montacute, states that in the time of Edward III it was granted by statute that all alien priors would have their priories paying the accustomed farms for them during the war, but because the possessions of the Priory of Montacute were seized into Edward's hand because of his wars, by his letters patent he granted the Priory and its possessions to Francis for £120 annually; and the present King confirmed this grant according to the statute and the ordinance of his last parliament at Westminster, and gave him his letters of protection, and other necessary letters, including letters to the monks to be obedient to him. And now a brother Nicholas Hornyk has entered the Priory and occupied it by force of certain letters patent, so that he is expelled. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- The parties are to be summoned and justice is to be done on this.
- Places mentioned
- Montacute, [Somerset]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- [Edward III], King of England
- Nicholas Hornyk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1385, with reference to CPR 1385-9, pp.88-9, dated 6 December 1385, and CPR 1385-9, p.243, dated 3 December 1386. For details of the dispute between the two priors, see 'Two Cartularies of the Augustinian Priory of Bruton and the Cluniac Priory of Montacute', Somerset Record Society, VIII (1894), pp.lxxii-lxxiii, pp.215-36.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition from Hornyk see SC 8/250/12495
For a related petition from Prior Francis, see SC 8/125/6219
For a chancery warrant once enclosed with Hornyk's petition see no.4078 of C 81/493
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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, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), pp.88-9 (appointment of commissioners to arrest those who have ousted Francis from his priory, as Francis has proved his right to remain in England and is under the king's protection) & p.243 (letters of protection to the priory of Montacute while custody is decided between Francis and Hornyk)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295806/
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