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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior of Carlisle. King. The prior requests that he is able to approve some of the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/270/13457
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This record is about the Prior of Carlisle. King. The prior requests that he is able to approve some of the... dating from [? c. 1318] 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 8/270/13457
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Carlisle.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior requests that he is able to approve some of the land of the lawn of Ellerton and bring it into cultivation and hold it by the charter of the king by the farm of 100s where the king wishes to be delivered of it. He holds the lawn for 36s 8d per annum but it has been assessed at the Exchequer for 100s which is too much.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the justice of the Forest or his lieutenant be commanded to enquire if this is to the damage of the king. The inquisition is to be returned before the treasurer and barons in the morrow of Trinity, and let it be ordered to them by writ of Chancery to inspect the arrentation and inquisition and inform the chancellor so that he can make a charter in the form aforesaid.
- Places mentioned
- Ellerton, [Cumberland].
- People mentioned
- William de Vescy, justice of the Forest.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1318 as it seems very likely that the petition is a near contemporary of another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter (SC 8/38/1899).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter but with a slightly different request, see SC 8/38/1899
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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/C9517404/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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