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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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Prior and convent of Bilsington. King and council. The Prior and convent of Bilsington...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15519
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Bilsington. King and council. The Prior and convent of Bilsington... dating from [1337] 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 8/311/15519
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Bilsington.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Prior and convent of Bilsington request permission to lease 50 acres of the 60 acre marsh granted to them by the King in the manor of Over Bilsington to people who will drain and enclose it and hold it of them and their successors for a yearly rent. They are so impoverished that they cannot afford to do this themselves.
- Nature of endorsement
- The charter mentioned in this petition should be examined in Chancery and if it contains as many acres as the petition claims, it seems to the council that it would be to the King's profit to let them do as they request.
- Places mentioned
- Bilsington, [Kent]
- Over Bilsington, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- [John de Wy], Prior of Bilsington.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1337, since the resulting grant of licence, dated November 1337, states that this petition was presented in the last Parliament at Westminster (CPR 1334-8, p. 555).
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.555 (licence for petitioners to lease 40 acres of marsh)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682529/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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