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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 Rochester. [None]. The prior and convent request a writ to the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/314/E123
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Rochester. [None]. The prior and convent request a writ to the... dating from [1302] 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 8/314/E123
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1302]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Rochester.
- Addressees
- [None].
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request a writ to the constable of the castle of Rochester to examine by the oaths of law-worthy men whether a piece of land called 'Prestefeld' is held in free alms or as part of a lay fee, and whether they should contribute to the tallage because of it as the citizens and burgesses distrain them to contribute to the tallage and they believe they should be quit. If it is found that they should contribute then they wish that another inquisition be held to assess their contribution on the basis of the quantity of their land as they are assessed too highly.
- Nature of endorsement
- Before the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer etc.S [Exchequer].
- Places mentioned
- Rochester, Kent.
- People mentioned
- Citizens and burgesses of the city of Rochester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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.
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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)
- Latin
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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)
- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529174/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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