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Prior of Leeds. [None specified.] Prior of Leeds The Prior of Leeds make various...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/337/15937
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This record is about the Prior of Leeds. [None specified.] Prior of Leeds The Prior of Leeds make various... dating from [? 1369] 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 8/337/15937
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1369]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Leeds.
- Addressees
- [None specified.]
- Occupation
- Prior of Leeds
- Nature of request
- The Prior of Leeds make various requests:1) That a writ be sent to the farmers or keepers of the manor of Wateringbury, ordering them to pay him the 5s 4d annual rent due to him by ancient charters.2) That the £20 fine imposed upon him for the grant of the moiety of the church of Hallaton in 42 Edward III be exonerated.3) That a writ be issued to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, ordering payment of sums due to him in connection with hay and carriage of beasts in the parks of Leeds and Langley in 42 and 43 Edward III.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Leeds, [Kent]
- Woteryngby (Wateringbury), [Kent]
- Halgton (Hallaton), [Leicestershire]
- Langley, [Kent].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A writ to the farmers of Wateringbury, seemingly in the form requested, was issued on 29 November 1369 (CCR 1369-74, p.54), suggesting that it was probably a direct response to this petition. The grant referred to in the first request was licensed on 12 May 1368 (CPR 1367-70, p.107).
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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)
- Latin
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIII, 1369-1374, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.54 (order to the farmer of Wateringbury to pay the petitioner 5s 4d per year granted by the former lord of the manor, Bartholomew, son of Gilbert de Woteryngbury)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIV, 1367-1370, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.107 (licence for the petitioner to grant the advowson of a moiety of the church of Halughton, and pension of 6s 8d from that church, due to the prior, to the warden of St Mary Noseley)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529689/
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