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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Rector and brothers of Ashridge. Council. The Rector and brothers of Ashridge state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/259/12948
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This record is about the Rector and brothers of Ashridge. Council. The Rector and brothers of Ashridge state... dating from [c. 1378] 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 8/259/12948
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Rector and brothers of Ashridge.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The Rector and brothers of Ashridge state that their church is situated in wood and distant from any vill with a church, and nevertheless they cannot minister the sacraments of Holy Church without permission of the parson of Pitstone, in whose parish their house is; and they cannot have the petty altarage of their church without coming to an agreement with the parson. They ask that they might have permission to purchase the patronage of the church of Pitstone, especially as their lord and patron, the King, has agreed to the petition they have presented to him on this.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to show from whom the church is held and he is to have a writ of ad quod damnum.
- Places mentioned
- Ashridge, [Buckinghamshire]
- Pychelesthorn (Pitstone), [Buckinghamshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1377-81 p.277 is dated 8 October 1378; the petition must date from before this.
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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. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.277 (licence for the alienation in mortmain of lands in Pitstone, together with the advowson of the church there, to the rector and brothers of Ashridge)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440561/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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