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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbess and Convent of Wherwell. King. The abbess and convent of Wherwell request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/224/11191
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This record is about the Abbess and Convent of Wherwell. King. The abbess and convent of Wherwell request... dating from [1384] 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 8/224/11191
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1384]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess and Convent of Wherwell.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbess and convent of Wherwell request confirmation of their franchise in the hundred of 'Mostowe' in Hampshire, whereby the provost of the abbey has seized the goods of Henry Harold, who has fled to sanctuary in their church after killing his wife Isabella. The matter had been tried by the judges of the Bench, and the king was found to have no right to such chattels except during any vacancy, but judgment was not rendered due to a difference between the justices.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Wherwell, [Hampshire]
- Mostowe (Wherwell) hundred, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry Harold of Wherwell
- Isabella [Harold], wife of Henry Harold
- Gilbert Josep (Joseph), provost of the abbess of Wherwell.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.38 of C 81/1340
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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. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.488 (resultant grant to the abbess that she shall be entitled to such franchises)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334751/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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