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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 Kirkham. King and council. The prior and convent of Kirkham...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/263/13123
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Kirkham. King and council. The prior and convent of Kirkham... dating from [c. 1323] 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 8/263/13123
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Kirkham.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent of Kirkham request that whereas their churches, lands, goods and possessions were destroyed by the Scots, especially in Northumberland where they were accustomed to take 500 marks yearly in aid of the maintenance of their house but they have had nothing for fifteen years, and these said enemies have come to Malton and entered their priory and stole all their moveable goods and burned their crops, that the King pardon them from the tenth demanded of them from their temporalities and spiritualities, which amounts to £47 15s 10d.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- For the prior of Kirkham.2) Before the King.
- Places mentioned
- Kirkham, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Scotland
- Northumberland
- Malton, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1323, since the petition refers to the invasion of the Scots from Malton which occurred in October 1322 (VCH Yorks. III, p. 406).
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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/C9517068/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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