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Thomas de Semor (Seymour), knight. de Semor (Seymour) Thomas King. Seymour requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/243/12140

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Reference
SC 8/243/12140
Date
[1347]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Semor (Seymour), knight.
Name(s)
de Semor (Seymour), Thomas
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Seymour requests that the king will grant that he can give the entire manor of Poulton with the advowson of the church there to the master and canons of the order of Sempringham and grant to them all the liberties that the king's predecessors have granted to the order.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Polton (Poulton), [Wiltshire].
People mentioned
John de Lile (Lisle), [Lord Lisle] of Rougemont.
Note
The petition dates to 1347 as the privy seal warrant with which this petition was probably formerly enclosed dates to 11 July 1347 [21 Edw. III] (C 81/321/18551). This is evidently part of the foundation of the Gilbertine house at Poulton.
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was apparently formerly enclosed, see no. 18551 in C 81/321

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439744/

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