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Joan de Borghach, prioress of St Sexburga in the Isle of Sheppey. de Borghach Joan...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/309/15433
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This record is about the Joan de Borghach, prioress of St Sexburga in the Isle of Sheppey. de Borghach Joan... dating from [1339] 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 8/309/15433
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1339]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan de Borghach, prioress of St Sexburga in the Isle of Sheppey.
- Name(s)
- de Borghach, Joan
- Addressees
- Edward, Duke of Cornwall, keeper of the realm, and council.
- Occupation
- prioress of St Sexburga in the Isle of Sheppey
- Nature of request
- The prioress of St Sexburga requests remedy against Northwood, Cerele, Coleman, Garenet, William the chaplain, Richeangod, Daue, Rowe, Parker, Brizth, Bourdeston, Goldhord, Goldhord and others who besieged the priory with force and arms so that neither Paiforrer, Fulk nor any other dared go out, carried away her goods and assaulted Richard Christian, Dilbode, Ferour, Foulek and Rideler, her servants.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face]: 1) These shall be justices: Clinton, Cobham, Trussel and Scot, or three or two of them.2) It should be done by the council.3) By Thomas Drayton.
- Places mentioned
- Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
- People mentioned
- Edward [of Woodstock], Duke of Cornwall, keeper of the realm
- Roger de Northwode (Northwood), knight
- Roger Cerele
- William Coleman
- William Garenet
- William, chaplain of Roger de Northwood
- Peter Richeangod
- William de Daue
- Roger le Rowe
- Thomas le Parker, tailor
- John Brizth
- Hamo de Bourdeston
- Peter atte Goldhord
- John [atte Goldhord], brother of Peter atte Goldhord
- John Paiforrer, steward of St Sexburga
- Fulk, friar
- Richard Cristian (Christian), servant of the petitioner
- Richard Dilbode, servant of the petitioner
- Henry le Ferour, servant of the petitioner
- John Foulek, servant of the petitioner
- William le Rideler, servant of the petitioner
- William de Clynton (Clinton), Earl of Huntingdon
- John de Cobham
- William Trussel
- William Scot
- Thomas de Drayt' (Drayton).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition clearly dates to the parliament of October 1339 (PROME, parliament of October 1339, Appendix, no. 4).
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1338-1340, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.363 (oyer and terminer to Clinton, Cobham, Trussel and Scot in accordance with petition)
- 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), parliament of October 1339, Appendix, item 4 (summary of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529030/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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