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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prioress of Broomhall. King. Prioress of Broomhall [The petition has clearly been...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/326/E733
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This record is about the Prioress of Broomhall. King. Prioress of Broomhall [The petition has clearly been... 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 8/326/E733
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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 of Broomhall.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Prioress of Broomhall
- Nature of request
- [The petition has clearly been cut from a longer membrane of petitions].The prioress requests remedy as the earl of Lincoln gave the priory one hundred acres of waste in Ashridge but they are disturbed by the people of the country who came by force and arms and threw down their banks so that they are greatly impoverished.
- Nature of endorsement
- She should obtain it for herself by the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Broomhall, [Berkshire]
- Ashridge, [Buckinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1285 on the basis of the dating given on the guard which is based on an inspeximus of the original grant of the waste to the priory which was made on 15 July 1285 (CPR 1281-92, p. 185). However, this petition is noted as possibly having become detached from SC 8/178/8860, and if this is the case, then that petition is dated to? 1283.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from this house, see SC 8/311/15523
For the petition from which this document may have become detached, 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.185 (inspeximus and confirmation of a charter of Henry de Lacy to the house granting them this waste)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682728/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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