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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior of Shelford. King. Prior of Shelford [Petition in four parts. The petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/321/E475
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This record is about the Prior of Shelford. King. Prior of Shelford [Petition in four parts. The petition... dating from [c. 1290-c. 1315] 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 8/321/E475
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290-c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Shelford.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Prior of Shelford
- Nature of request
- [Petition in four parts. The petition is badly stained in places so that the third entry in particular is largely illegible:]1) The prior requests a writ to the collectors of the thirtieth of the counties of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire [...] to release him from the taxation of his temporalities as he has given his tenth.2) He requests remedy as his [...] are assessed by taxors of the country [...] but Fletewike did not wish to accept this and [...].3) He requests remedy [concerning the actions of Fletewike].4) He requests remedy concerning the assessment of his spiritualities by the same taxor.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning the first let nothing be done.2) [Concerning] the second he should sue before [...] against the taxors to [...] of the payment of the thirtieth in [...] and let justice be done.[If there are any further responses they are obscured by repairs to the document.
- Places mentioned
- Shelford, [Nottinghamshire]
- Lincolnshire
- Nottinghamshire.
- People mentioned
- David de Fletewike.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1290-c. 1320 based upon the hand.
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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/C9529527/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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