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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of Witham. King. The prior and convent request remedy as Beby has...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/230/11455
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Witham. King. The prior and convent request remedy as Beby has... dating from [c. 1416] 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 8/230/11455
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1416]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Witham.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request remedy as Beby has disturbed them in their possession of their estate by taking by force and arms in Aston Prewes their portion of the tithes as is detailed in a schedule to their great harm.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Toft Monks, Norfolk
- Warmington, Warwickshire
- Spettisbury, Dorset
- Toft Monks, [Norfolk]
- Abbey of St Pierre Preaux, Normandy, [France]
- Aston Prewes (Aston Tirrold), [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- Thomas Erpyngham (Erpingham), knight
- John Heylys, clerk
- John Beby, parson of the church of Aston
- Richard Gurry
- Miles Fitz Torald.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1416 as the petition was formerly in Chancery Files 548 and the other petitions from that file in this SC 8 file date to 1416.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the apparent schedule detached from this petition, see SC 8/229/11447
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 548.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335014/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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