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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 Butley. King and council. Prior of Butley Butley requests that the chancellor...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E942
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This record is about the Prior of Butley. King and council. Prior of Butley Butley requests that the chancellor... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1320] 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 8/329/E942
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Butley.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Prior of Butley
- Nature of request
- Butley requests that the chancellor is commanded that he make a writ to Buteturt and Ormesby that they receive the attorney of the prior for that he is so ill and old and needs an attorney as he is impleaded in the Bench by Chavent who demands by writ of what service the prior claims to hold his tenements in Butley.
- Nature of endorsement
- This is not able to be done because it is against the customs and law of the land.
- Places mentioned
- Butley, Suffolk.
- People mentioned
- John de Chavent
- John Butetourte (Buteturt)
- William de Ormesby.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1300-c. 1320 on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9682937/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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