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Prior and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England. King. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/244/12178
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This record is about the Prior and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England. King. The... 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 8/244/12178
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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 and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior and brothers request that the king renounce any claims that he has in the church of Ellesmere deriving from the reversion of the advowson to him and his predecessors by the deaths of the prince of Wales and his wife without heirs as they have held it for 120 years as the prince and others affirmed. They also request the repeal of the king's presentation to the church.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Ellesmere, [Shropshire].
- People mentioned
- Llewelyn [ap Gruffudd], Prince of Wales
- [Eleanor de Montfort], wife of Llewelyn ap Gruffudd.
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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 18 April 1348 [22 Edw. III] (C 81/330/19468).The matter was not finally resolved until 28 November 1349 when the king finally renounced all claims (CPR 1348-50, pp.86, 428).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the secret seal warrant revoking the grant made in connection with this petition see no.42 in C 81/1332
For the privy seal warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 19468 in C 81/330
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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)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.407-8 (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1348-1350, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.86 (renunciation of all claims by the king with an enrolled memorandum concerning the revocation of king's letters concerning the advowson pertaining to the crown) & p.139 (revocation of the king's earlier letters renouncing his claim) & p.428 (release of all king's claims)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439783/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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