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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
SC 8/300/14970
Date
[1386-1388]
Description
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.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner and others, see SC 8/180/8993

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518174/

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