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Prior and convent of Christchurch, Canterbury. King. The prior and convent request...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/243/12146

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This record is about the Prior and convent of Christchurch, Canterbury. King. The prior and convent request... dating from [1347] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/243/12146
Date
[1347]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of Christchurch, Canterbury.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The prior and convent request a pardon for certain purchases of burgages in the city of Canterbury and woods in Meopham after the statute without licence, and they request that they can have a charter to continue to hold the same. They state that they had a charter of licence of the king to purchase £30 of land of their own fee.
Nature of endorsement
Although the land should escheat to the king, he grants that they can hold it to them and their successors by the services due and accustomed.
Places mentioned
Canterbury, [Kent]
Meopham, [Kent].
People mentioned
Richard de Haute
Maud le Ku
David le Skynnere (Skinner)
John Haket.
Note
The petition dates to 1347 as two pardons were granted to the petitioners for purchasing land without a licence, though neither entirely fits the contents of the petition (CPR 1345-8, pp.334-5, 410).
Related material

For the writ formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/243/12147A

For the inquisition formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/243/12147B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Pardons
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1345-1348, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.334-335, 410 (pardons to the petitioners for the acquisition of land without a licence)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439750/

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