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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prioress and Convent of Henwood. King. The Prioress and convent of Henwood state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/221/11012
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This record is about the Prioress and Convent of Henwood. King. The Prioress and convent of Henwood state... dating from [1398-1399] 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 8/221/11012
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1398-1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prioress and Convent of Henwood.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Prioress and convent of Henwood state that the king lately granted them the church of Charlton on Otmoor, which formerly belonged to the priory of Ware. However, that priory had earlier been granted to the Duke of Surrey, and the nuns, who are in great poverty, request that they be granted the advowson of the church of Wigston Magna instead, without fine or fee.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] The king has granted this.
- Places mentioned
- Henwood, Warwickshire
- Charlton on Otmoor, Oxfordshire
- Ware, [Hertfordshire]
- Wiggeston (Wigston Magna), Leicestershire.
- People mentioned
- [Thomas de Holand], Duke of Surrey.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The original grant of Charlton on Otmoor to Henwood was made on 16 August 1398, and presumably the petition dates to some point between that date and Richard II's deposition.
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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. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.414 (original grant of Charlton on Otmoor to the nuns of Henwood)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334571/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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