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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prioress and convent of Broomhall. King. Prioress and convent of Broomhall The prioress...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15523
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This record is about the Prioress and convent of Broomhall. King. Prioress and convent of Broomhall The prioress... dating from [c. 1285] 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 8/311/15523
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1285]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prioress and convent of Broomhall.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Prioress and convent of Broomhall
- Nature of request
- The prioress and convent of Broomhall, who have enclosed their lands in Ashridge with a ditch and hedge, request remedy against locals who have destroyed the ditch and hedge three times, ruined their crops and eaten their animals.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- [Illegible].2) In Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Broomhall, [Berkshire]
- Ashridge, [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- [Henry de Lacy], Earl of Lincoln.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1285 or later since this is when the King confirmed the Earl of Lincoln's grant to the petitioners, as referred to in the petition(CPR 1281-92, p. 185).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same house see SC 8/178/8860
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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 I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.58 (licence for petitioners to enclose land in the forest of Windsor) & p.185 (confirmation of Earl of Lincoln's grant to petitioners)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682533/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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