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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior of Tortington. King. Prior of Tortington [The petition is badly damaged and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/326/E753
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This record is about the Prior of Tortington. King. Prior of Tortington [The petition is badly damaged and... dating from [c. 1288] 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/E753
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1288]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Tortington.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Prior of Tortington
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged and little of the petition remains legible. The petition refers to Salomon and his fellow justices in eyre and to Arundel holding the manor of Woolbeding in chief].
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be sent to the Exchequer, and let Rochester's rolls be examined.
- Places mentioned
- Tortington, [Sussex]
- Chichester, [Sussex]
- Sussex
- Woolbeding, Sussex.
- People mentioned
- [Saloman] de Roucestr' (Rochester), justice in eyre in Sussex
- John de Arundel of Woolbeding
- Peter le Bavere.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1288 as it refers to the Sussex eyre held in that year (Crook, D., Records of the General Eyre, pp. 52, 169).
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682748/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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