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Prior and brothers of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England. King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/294/14694
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This record is about the Prior and brothers of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England. King and council.... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/294/14694
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and brothers of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Prior and brothers of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England state that William le Mareschal, Earl of Pembroke, granted to them and their men in the Earl's lordship in South Wales the franchises that they have by the charters of the kings of England, and that these franchises have been usurped by Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke and by Hugh le Despenser the son. They ask that brother Roger de Setayngrave, their Warden of Slebech, and the brothers living with him might enjoy these franchises again, according to the purport of their charters.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Writ to the steward of Pembroke and the steward of Haverford.. . . our right and that of the heirs of the aforesaid Aymer . . . and in the king's keeping.
- Places mentioned
- South Wales
- Pembroke lordship, [Wales]
- Haverford (Haverfordwest) lordship, [Wales]
- Slebech, [Pembrokeshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- William le Mareschal, Earl of Pembroke
- Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke
- Hugh le Despenser the son
- Roger de Setayngrave, Warden of Slebech.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition must date to after the death of Aymer de Valence in 1324, and, from the reference to Hugh le Despenser, to after his death in 1326.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.473-4 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735857/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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