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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of Witham of the Carthusian order. King. The prior and convent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/246/12252
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/246/12252
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1339]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Witham of the Carthusian order.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request a commission to Mere and Rodeneye to enquire of the bounds of Cheddarford so that they are able to hold it as they hold Witham as people have claimed common in the same, and they request confirmation of the charters of the king's ancestors.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Witham Priory, [Somerset]
- Selwood Forest, Somerset
- Ceddreford (Cheddarford) manor, [Somerset].
- People mentioned
- Henry II, King of England
- Henry III, King of England
- John, King of England
- Henry de Bracton
- John de Mere
- Walter de Rodeneye.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1339 on the basis of the date '13 Edw. 3' stamped on the guard. The manor of Cheddarford lay in Cheddar (Book of Fees, i, p.82).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioners, see no.11854 in C 81/254
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439858/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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