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Prior of Ellingham. King and council. Prior of Ellingham The prior requests remedy...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/324/E611

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This record is about the Prior of Ellingham. King and council. Prior of Ellingham The prior requests remedy... dating from [c. 1295-c. 1315] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/324/E611
Date
[c. 1295-c. 1315]
Description
Petitioners
Prior of Ellingham.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Prior of Ellingham
Nature of request
The prior requests remedy as he and his fellow two monks only had as temporalities the church of Ellingham worth 25 marks per annum, and had no other temporalities or spiritualities, but the ministers of the king of the Exchequer came and seized the church into the king's hand and take annually 20 marks so that the prior, monks and house have nothing to sustain them.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Ellingham, Hampshire.
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1295-c. 1315 based upon the hand.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682600/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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