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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Warenne, earl of Warenne, patron of the priories of Lewes and Castle Acre....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/203/10140
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This record is about the John de Warenne, earl of Warenne, patron of the priories of Lewes and Castle Acre.... dating from [1309] 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 8/203/10140
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1309]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Warenne, earl of Warenne, patron of the priories of Lewes and Castle Acre.
- Name(s)
- de Warenne, earl of Warenne, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Warenne requests remedy as by a composition made between his ancestors and the predecessors of the abbey of Cluny the abbot was not to take anything from the priories of Lewes and Castle Acres except 100s. from Lewes annually. Now the abbot is seeking to take the twentieth penny from all the goods of the priories and their cells, and demand the first fruits from the priories, their cells and their churches.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Lewes, [Sussex]
- Castle Acre, [Norfolk]
- Cluny, [Burgundy, France].
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Cluny.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1309 as the prior of Lewes was commanded to stop the collection of the first fruits on 27 December 1309 (CCR 1307-13, p.241).
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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 II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.241 (order to the prior of Lewes to stop the collection of the first fruits)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333695/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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