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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Monks of Mendham priory. King and council. The monks of Mendham priory state that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/238/11894
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/238/11894
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1345]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Monks of Mendham priory.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The monks of Mendham priory state that they and their Prior are English and of the foundation of the ancestors of William, son and heir of Roger de Huntyngfeld, currently under age and in the King's wardship, and that they make no payment or contribution overseas, but only a pension of half a mark to the Prior of Castle Acre in England; but that nevertheless, the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer have been ordered to seize their priory into the King's hand as alien. They ask that the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer might be ordered to inquire into the truth of this, and, if they find that it is as they say, they might leave them in peace and hold them quit and discharged.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Mendham, [Suffolk]
- Castle Acre, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- William de Huntyngfeld
- Roger de Huntyngfeld
- Prior of Castle Acre.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Formerly enclosed with no.16650 of C 81/302, dated 15 February 19 Edward III (1345).CCR 1343-6 p.499 is also dated 15 February 1345.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For instructions to the Chancellor to provide the petitioners with the appropriate writs, see no.16650 of C 81/302
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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 III, vol. VII, 1343-1346, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.499 (order to Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to hold an inquisition, and, if they find that it is as they say, to leave the priory in peace)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335458/
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