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Prior and convent of St Mary of Carmel, London. King. The prior and convent of St...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/276/13792

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Reference
SC 8/276/13792
Date
[1290]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of St Mary of Carmel, London.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The prior and convent of St Mary of Carmel request that the King order Gildel not to burn seacoal on his plot of land adjoining their house, because such a smell comes from the burning seacoal that they are unable to remain in their house or church and people have stopped coming to their services.1)
Nature of endorsement
London.2) The petition of the prior and convent of St Mary of Carmel.3) Before the King.4) Dealt with before the King.5) It is ordered before the King that they be removed.
Places mentioned
London.
People mentioned
William Gildel.
Note
Dated to the Easter parliament of 1290 since it is included with the petitions for this year in the Parliament Roll (Rot. Parl, vol. I, p. 61b).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.61b (no.197) (Latin summary of petition on Parliament Roll)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no.231 (full edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517739/

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