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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England. King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/318/E316
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This record is about the Prior and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England. King and council.... dating from [c. 1304] 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 8/318/E316
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1304]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and brothers request that the sheriff and certain justices be assigned to enquire upon the matter of their claim to have the chattels of any of their felonious or fugitive tenants. The prior and brothers seized the chattels of Mawe, their tenant at Horncastle, and a fugitive for the death of Pestour, he having been indicted before the sheriff and coroners of Lincolnshire as was found by an inquisition, but Donne procured another inquisition which found contrary to this and caused the chattels to be claimed by the bailiffs of the bishop of Carlisle, lord of the vill of Horncastle, so that neither the king or the prior are served.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Horncastle, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Simon le Pestour of Horncastle
- Robert de la Donne, clerk
- Robert Mawe [of Horncastle]
- Bishop of Carlisle.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1304 as related entries in the fine and patent rolls date to 2 November 1304 and 22 May 1305 (CFR 1272-1307, p.358; CPR 1301-7, p.358).
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. I, Edw I, 1272-1307, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.358 (order to the sheriff and coroners of Lincoln on the same matter)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.358 (oyer and terminer on complaint by the petitioners concerning the taking of Mawe's goods)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529368/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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