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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 Lenton. King. The prior and convent request that the king order...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/242/12055
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/242/12055
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Lenton.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request that the king order by his letters to Strelley to redress the grievance of the petitioners as he has disturbed them in the enjoyment of their right to take three cartloads of dead wood or of heather which they have from time out of memory.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should show their deeds in Chancery, and right should be done.
- Places mentioned
- Lenton, [Nottinghamshire]
- Bestwood, [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard de Strylley (Strelley), keeper of the woods of Bestwood.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1334 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 28 February 1334 [8 Edw. III] (C 81/212/7602).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioners on a related matter, see SC 8/57/2834
For the privy seal warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.7602 in C 81/212
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), pp.98, 409 (grant and grant for life of the keeping to Strelley)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439658/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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