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Prior of Haugham. King and council. Prior of Haugham The prior requests that the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/314/E114

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SC 8/314/E114
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
Prior of Haugham.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Prior of Haugham
Nature of request
The prior requests that the sheriff be commanded to assess their house so that he and his companions are able to live because the fine that the king took is more than twice the value of all their possessions and they have sold all their corn and all their plough beasts and have nothing with which to acquit this debt or upon which to live.
Nature of endorsement
To the Exchequer and let justice be done there etc.S [Exchequer].
Places mentioned
Haugham, [Lincolnshire].
Note
The petition is dated to 1302 as the petition belongs to an original file of petitions returned to the Exchequer from the summer parliament of 1302. For a confirmation of this dating, see SC 8/314/E107.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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), 1302, summer parliament, appendix, petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded, no.2 (summary of this file)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529165/

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