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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Oliver, Prior of Stavordale, and the convent of Stavordale. Oliver King. Prior of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/255/12734
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This record is about the Oliver, Prior of Stavordale, and the convent of Stavordale. Oliver King. Prior of... dating from [1394] 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 8/255/12734
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1394]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Oliver, Prior of Stavordale, and the convent of Stavordale.
- Name(s)
- Oliver
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Prior of Stavordale
- Nature of request
- The Prior and convent of Stavordale state that long before the statute about putting lands and tenements into mortmain they were parsons of the church of Wincanton, where there was a vicarage, but that then, with the assent of the ordinary and the patron, because of the poverty of their living, this vicarage was united with the rectory, for them to hold to their own use; without, however, the permission of Edward III. They ask to be pardoned their entry into the purchase of the vicarage, and that their estate and possession of this vicarage might be ratified and confirmed, and that they might have and hold it to themselves and their successors for their own use.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] This bill has been granted by the King.[None]
- Places mentioned
- Stavordale, [Somerset]
- Wincanton, [Somerset].
- People mentioned
- Richard Seint Maure (St Maur), knight
- Edward [III], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1391-6 p.421 is dated 18 June 1394, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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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. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.421 (pardon, confirmation and grant in accordance with the petitioners' request)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440341/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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