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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 Hexham. King. The prior and convent request financial aid from...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/319/E403
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Hexham. King. The prior and convent request financial aid from... dating from [c. 1318] 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/E403
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Hexham.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request financial aid from Barnard Castle or some such other escheat until their return to their house, they having been scattered for four years or more; and they request that they may appropriate their church of Alston, worth 10 marks in time of peace.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Hexham, [Northumberland]
- Barnard Castle, [County Durham]
- Alston, [Cumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1318 as the prior and convent had been dispersed from their house following the devastation of the area after the defeat at Bannockburn.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same prior concerning the appropriation of Alston church, see SC 8/307/15310
For another petition from the petitioners relating to Alston, see SC 8/11/540
For another petition from the Prior seeking financial aid during the dispersion, see SC 8/52/2553
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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)
- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), p.185 (no.160) (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529455/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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