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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de St Vaast (Sancto Vedasto), Prior of Ogbourne and St Neots. de St Vaast...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/300/14970
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This record is about the William de St Vaast (Sancto Vedasto), Prior of Ogbourne and St Neots. de St Vaast... dating from [1386-1388] 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 8/300/14970
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1386-1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de St Vaast (Sancto Vedasto), Prior of Ogbourne and St Neots.
- Name(s)
- de St Vaast (Sancto Vedasto), William
- Addressees
- Bishop of Ely, Chancellor of England.
- Occupation
- Prior of Ogbourne and St Neots
- Nature of request
- The Prior of Ogbourne and St Neots requests pontage for three or four years to repair the bridge of St Neots.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Letters patent are to be issued for two years.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Ogbourne, [Wiltshire]
- St Neots, [Huntingdonshire].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Arundel], Bishop of Ely, Chancellor of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1385-9, p.479 is dated 8 July 1388, and would seem to be related, but as Thomas Arundel, Chancellor 24 October 1386-4 May 1389, was translated from Ely to York on 3 April 1388, this petition must be rather earlier.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner and others, see SC 8/180/8993
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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. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.479 (grant of pontage to the bailiffs and good men of St Neots for two years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518174/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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