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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of St Denys by Southampton. King. The prior and convent request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/253/12634
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This record is about the Prior and convent of St Denys by Southampton. King. The prior and convent request... dating from [1388] 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 8/253/12634
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of St Denys by Southampton.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request that the king will take them and all their possessions into his protection, and warrant the keeping to certain persons in discharge of their corrodies until the priory is relieved of its oppressions and damages. The priory is on the verge of destruction because their property was burnt in the French raid, their livestock are destroyed by murrain and they are overburdened with corrodies.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]1) This is granted by the king.2) Let the keeping be entrusted to the earl of Nottingham, Barton, Polymond and Craan.[On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- Winchester, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas de Mowbray], Earl of Nottingham
- Peter de Barton, clerk
- John Polymond, burgess of Southampton
- Hugh Craan, citizen of Winchester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1388 as the house was granted protection on 11 February 1388 (CPR 1388-92, p.8).
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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, Ric II, vol. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.8 (protection with clause nolumus)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440241/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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