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Richard, chaplain of Colney in Shenley. Richard King. chaplain of Colney in Shenley...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/219/10942

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Reference
SC 8/219/10942
Date
[1290]
Description
Petitioners
Richard, chaplain of Colney in Shenley.
Name(s)
Richard
Addressees
King.
Occupation
chaplain of Colney in Shenley
Nature of request
Richard, chaplain of the chapel of Colney in Shenley, requests that the king deliver to him the charters relating to his chapel, which is in the perpetual alms of the king and of which Adam de Stratton was once patron. The tenants of his chapel will not allow themselves to be distrained for their rent, which is in arrears due to the lack of these charters.
Nature of endorsement
Petition of Richard the chaplain concerning the chapel of Colney.Coram Rege.Let the charters be restored if they do not concern others and the keepers of them are to restore the charters to him.
Places mentioned
Colney, [Hertfordshire]
Shenley, [Hertfordshire].
People mentioned
Adam de Stratton.
Note
Dated in Rot. Parl. Vol. II, p.49a to 1290.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.49a (summary of petition and response on parliament roll)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no.50 (full edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334501/

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