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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Parson of Courteenhall. King and council. Parson of Courteenhall The parson requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/322/E508
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This record is about the Parson of Courteenhall. King and council. Parson of Courteenhall The parson requests... dating from [c. 1295-c. 1320] 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 8/322/E508
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295-c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Parson of Courteenhall.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Parson of Courteenhall
- Nature of request
- The parson requests that the king will grant the tithes from the portion of the wood of Salcey that was lately the prior of Lenton's, and which he gave the king for three carts of firewood a day in the wood of Bestwood, and that he can purchase against the other [? assarters/churches] in court Christian.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should sue in court Christian if he considers it expedient, and if he is impeded by prohibitions of the king, he should return to the king's court, and let such remedy by done there as by right ought to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Courteenhall, Northamptonshire
- Salcey Forest
- Beskewode (Bestwood), [Nottinghamshire]
- Lenton, [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Prior of Lenton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1295-c. 1320 on the basis of 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/C9529560/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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