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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 Hexham. King. The Prior and convent of Hexham, who are destroyed...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15562
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Hexham. King. The Prior and convent of Hexham, who are destroyed... dating from [c. 1323] 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 8/311/15562
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Hexham.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Prior and convent of Hexham, who are destroyed by the Scottish war, request as aid towards their maintenance the escheated land in Silksworth of Thomas, late Earl of Lancaster, to hold of the King at the assized rent. They held land in the township of Thomas in free alms.
- Nature of endorsement
- Before the King.
- Places mentioned
- Hexham, [Northumberland]
- Scotland
- Silksworth, [County Durham].
- People mentioned
- Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to c. 1323 by Fraser in Northern Petitions, p. 182, no.135.
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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)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), p.182 (no.135) (edition of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682572/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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