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Prior and convent of Spalding. King and lords. Petition in nine charges, with introduction...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/140/6957

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This record is about the Prior and convent of Spalding. King and lords. Petition in nine charges, with introduction... dating from [c. 1391] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/140/6957
Date
[c. 1391]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of Spalding.
Addressees
King and lords.
Nature of request
Petition in nine charges, with introduction and conclusion, itemising the alleged oppressions committed by officers of the Earl of Kent from Deeping and Bourne against Spalding Priory and the tenants of the Duke of Lancaster in Spalding and Pinchbeck.
Nature of endorsement
[None.]
Places mentioned
Spalding, [Lincolnshire]
Pinchbeck, [Lincolnshire]
Deeping, [Lincolnshire]
Bourne, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
[Thomas Holand], Earl of Kent
John [of Gaunt], Duke of Aquitaine and Duke of Lancaster
Aleyn (Alan) Frere
Simon Galfard
William Whytyng (Whiting) of Deeping
John Warn, bailiff of Deeping
Richard I, King of England.
Note
Dated on the guard? c. 1391, probably on the basis that the petition refers to John of Gaunt as Duke of Aquitaine, a title conferred in 1390.
Related material

For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/140/6958

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295924/

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