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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Milton. King. The abbot and convent request that the licence...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/243/12126
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/243/12126
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1347]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Milton.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request that the licence granted to the chapter of Coutances by the king to give and assign the manor of Winterborne with the advowson of the church there to them be confirmed as well as the charter of the chapter of Coutances granting them the same so that they cannot be further challenged in possession of the same by others or because the possessions are those of an alien priory. They recently were disseised by Yonge and others and recovered the same by an assize of novel disseisin.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king has granted the petition for a suitable fine to be made in Chancery according to the advice of Master Thoresby, elect of St David's.
- Places mentioned
- Milton Abbas, Dorset
- Coutances, Normandy, [France]
- Winterborne Strickland, Dorset
- Osmington, Dorset.
- People mentioned
- Chapter of Coutances
- Philippa of [Hainault], Queen of England
- Richard le Yonge (Young)
- John de Thoresby, bishop-elect of St David's.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1347 as the exemplification was issued on 8 October 1347, though the privy seal warrant with which the petition was probably enclosed dates to 9 August 1347 (CPR 1345-8, pp.412-13; C 81/323/18713).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was probably originally enclosed see no. 18713 in C 81/323
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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, Edw III, vol. VII, 1345-1348, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.412-413 (exemplification of the licence and charter)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439730/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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