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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Horkesleye (Horkesley), knight. de Horkesleye (Horkesley) William King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/319/E368
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This record is about the William de Horkesleye (Horkesley), knight. de Horkesleye (Horkesley) William King... dating from [c. 1310-c. 1324] 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 8/319/E368
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1310-c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Horkesleye (Horkesley), knight.
- Name(s)
- de Horkesleye (Horkesley), William
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Horkesleye requests remedy as his ancestors founded the house of Horkesley giving it lands and rents for as many monks as it would sustain, and the house was put in the jurisdiction of the house of Thetford, but now the prior has ordered all the French monks who have destroyed the house so that there is not sufficient to sustain one monk.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Horkesley, [Essex]
- Thetford, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Prior and monks of Thetford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1310-c. 1324 as the petition seems to be of about this period, and it seems likely from the dating of many of the other petitions in this file that this petition dates to c. 1318 and is part of an original file that began at the end of file 318.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529420/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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