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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior of St Catherine outside Lincoln. King. Prior of St Catherine outside Lincoln...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/244/12168
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This record is about the Prior of St Catherine outside Lincoln. King. Prior of St Catherine outside Lincoln... dating from [1348] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/244/12168
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1348]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of St Catherine outside Lincoln.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Prior of St Catherine outside Lincoln
- Nature of request
- The prior requests that it be ordained that the suit brought against him by Nesfield cease and that the annuity demanded from the priory not be paid. Nesfield is demanding an annuity allegedly granted to the hospital in the time of King John which has not been paid, the prior's predecessor alleging that the writing granting it was a forgery, but the keepers of the hospital continue to demand it and the arrears.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Lincoln, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Nessefeld (Nesfield), keeper of the hospital of the Holy Innocents
- William de Sherebourne (Shireburn), prior of St Catherine's
- William de Clyf, keeper of the hospital of the Holy Innocents.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1348 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 23 May 1348 [22 Edw. III] (C 81/331/19532). The petitioner was discharged of the charge on 24 July 1348 (CPR 1348-50, p.130).
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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 formerly enclosed, see no. 19532 in C 81/331
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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. VIII, 1348-1350, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.130 (discharge of the prior and convent of the charge)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439773/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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