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Prior and convent of Axholme. King. The prior and convent of Axholme request that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/250/12475

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Reference
SC 8/250/12475
Date
[1415-1416]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of Axholme.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The prior and convent of Axholme request that the King confirm Richard II's letters patent giving licence to Thomas, late Earl Marshal, to found a house of the Carthusian order on the isle of Axholme and to grant 100 acres of land to its prior and convent, as well as his grant to the abbot and convent of St Nicholas of Angers that they can grant the priory of Monks Kirby to the said prior and convent. They also request that the King give licence to John, Earl Marshal, to grant them land and rent to be taken from his manor of Epworth, and that the King grant them one tun or two pipes of wine of Gascony [yearly] to be taken in the port of Kingston-upon-Hull.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Axholme, [Lincolnshire]
Angers, [Anjou, France]
Kirkeby Monachorum (Monks Kirby), Warwickshire
Epworth, [Lincolnshire]
Gascony, [France]
Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Richard II, King of England
Thomas [Mowbray], late Earl Marshal
abbot and convent of St Nicholas of Angers
prior and convent of Monks Kirby
John [Mowbray], Earl Marshal.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1415-1416, with reference to CPR 1413-16, p. 355, a confirmation and grant in accordance with this petition. This is also the date of the Chancery warrant with which it was formerly enclosed (C 81/662 no.483).
Related material

For a related petition enclosed with this see SC 8/250/12478

For the Chancery writ in which this was formerly enclosed see no.483 of C 81/662

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen V, vol. I, 1413-1416, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.355 (confirmation and grant in accordance with this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440081/

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