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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of the church of Our Lady St Mary of Coventry. Prince. The prior...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1007
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This record is about the Prior and convent of the church of Our Lady St Mary of Coventry. Prince. The prior... dating from [1375-1376] 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 8/333/E1007
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1375-1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of the church of Our Lady St Mary of Coventry.
- Addressees
- Prince.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent state that the certain of their lands and tenements, rents and service of their tenants with the view of their tenants were taken into the prince's hand, and then by the advice of the prince's council it was granted that they should be surrendered to them, but not all have been surrendered and their tenants continue to be distrained, so that they request that the prince's steward and his ministers be commanded to cease their distresses and duresses and surrender the lands and tenements and view. They request the delivery of one part of a tripartite made in the time of Queen Isabella so that they can be acquainted with their evidences and rights. They request that the prince's ministers be commanded not to meddle and make execution with their priory and elsewhere within the foundation which they hold from the king in chief.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Coventry, [Warwickshire]
- Sow (Walsgrave on Sowe), [Warwickshire]
- Willenhall, [Warwickshire]
- Radford, [Warwickshire]
- Whitley, [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- [Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales]
- William Ernys
- Robert de Wilneshale (Willenhall)
- Thomas de Langehurst
- John Barbour
- Agnes [Barbour], wife of John Barbour
- Geoffrey de Whiteleye (Whitley)
- Isabella [of France], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1375-1376 as it comes from an original file of petitions addressed to the Black Prince or his council dating to those years.
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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/C9683130/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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