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Prior and convent of Brinkburn. King. The prior and convent request that they are...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/334/E1152

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Reference
SC 8/334/E1152
Date
[c. 1307-c. 1320]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of Brinkburn.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The prior and convent request that they are granted letters to certain other houses of the same order to receive them and provide sustenance for them as their house is destroyed by the Scottish enemy. This they request until they are able to return to their house.
Nature of endorsement
It belong to the ordinaries of the places to dispose concerning the contents of the petition, and put the canons in other houses.
Places mentioned
Brinkburn, Northumberland.
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1307-c. 1320 on the basis of the hand. As most of the petitions that precede this one in this file are dated to around 1312-1315, it seems likely that this petitions is similarly dated especially as the petition concerns Scottish incursions into northern England.
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/C9683278/

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