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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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Prior of Horsham St Faith, cell of Conches in Provence. King and council. Prior of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/323/E591
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This record is about the Prior of Horsham St Faith, cell of Conches in Provence. King and council. Prior of... dating from [1300] 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 8/323/E591
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Horsham St Faith, cell of Conches in Provence.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Prior of Horsham St Faith
- Nature of request
- The prior states that the king demands £65 6s 10d of the arrears of £400 for four years, and for the money took his corn and beasts and sold them before Christmas, and requests that he is able to pay the money, coin for coin, in the same way as he sold his goods.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Horsham St Faith, [Norfolk]
- Conches, [Provence, France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is datable by reference to the decree made at Christmas 1299 that henceforth the coins known as pollards and crockards would be received at half their face value only (Prestwich, Edward I, p.531).
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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/C9529643/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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