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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of the house of St Bartholomew, London. King and council. The prior...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/312/E2
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This record is about the Prior and convent of the house of St Bartholomew, London. King and council. The prior... dating from [c. 1297] 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 8/312/E2
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1297]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of the house of St Bartholomew, London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request that the king will discharge them of the charges wrongfully imposed on the house by the actions of Ralph de Broughton who entered the house on the death of the prior's predecessor and wasted its goods.
- Nature of endorsement
- To the Exchequer, and Ralph should be called there and they should and consider the matter and what was done at the time of other vacancies and according to this they should charge etc.
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Ralph de Broughtone (Broughton), clerk
- Hugh, late prior of St Bartholomew, London
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1297 as a reference in the close rolls may relate to this petition, and clearly refers back to problems during the last voidance of the priory as does the petition (CCR 1296-1302, p.120).
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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 Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.120 (order to respite the prior and convent from the issues from the last voidance)
- The Records of St Bartholomew's Priory and of the church and parish of St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, vol. I, E. A. Webb, (The Hague, 1921), p.140 (translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529051/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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