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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Master and brethren of the hospital of St Leonard, York. King. The Master and brethren...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/338/E1193
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This record is about the Master and brethren of the hospital of St Leonard, York. King. The Master and brethren... dating from [? c. 1452] 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 8/338/E1193
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1452]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master and brethren of the hospital of St Leonard, York.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Master and brethren request that the king write to the earl of Salisbury charging him to deliver their housebote and haybote which they were granted by King Henry and which they have received ever since, or if this is not possible because of a need to preserve the woods then they request that in recompense and discharge of their grant of housebote and haybote that they are granted in perpetuity the York mills below the castle rendering nothing for the same, the same reverting to the king after the death of Langton to whom the king granted the same for life. They request clauses in the proposed grant that they can have their housebote and haybote should the grant of the mills be revoked.
- Nature of endorsement
- The bill of St Leonard and the king's letter.
- Places mentioned
- York
- Reading, [Berkshire]
- Galtres Forest, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Henry III, King of England
- [Richard Neville], earl of Salisbury, justice of the Forest
- Robert Maulyverer (Mauleverer)
- John Langton, esquire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1452 on the basis of the guard notes. However, the relevance of these references is dubious, as two either have no or very little relevance, and the third's relevance is unclear (CPR 1436-41, p. 556; CPR 1446-52, p. 565; CPR 1452-61, p. 598).
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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)
- English
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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/C9683321/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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