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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alice Wesenham, prioress of Thetford. Wesenham Alice Chancellor. prioress of Thetford...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15853
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This record is about the Alice Wesenham, prioress of Thetford. Wesenham Alice Chancellor. prioress of Thetford... dating from [1423] 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 8/336/15853
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1423]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice Wesenham, prioress of Thetford.
- Name(s)
- Wesenham, Alice
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- prioress of Thetford
- Nature of request
- The prioress of Thetford requests that a writ be directed to Wychyngham to come before the chancellor to answer for his actions. About 26 years ago Wychyngham and others now dead were enfeoffed in the manor of Westhall for the purposing of performing Empole's last will, namely that the manor be amortised to the nuns or sold to their use and profit. During all this time Wychyngham kept the profits to his use, and has now sold the manor and kept the money from the sale also.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 15 May in the 1st year at Westminster it was granted that a writ be directed to Wychyngham to come before the King's council on the quinzaine of the Trinity next to answer what will be asked him and to further do etc. on pain of £100. Those present: the Duke of Exeter; the archbishop of Canterbury; the bishops of Winchester and Worcester; the earl of Warwick; FitzHugh; Cromwell; Tiptoft; the chancellor and treasurer.
- Places mentioned
- Thetford, [Suffolk]
- Westhall, Suffolk
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham], chancellor
- Thomas Empole
- Nicholas Wychyngham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement is dated 15 May 1 Henry VI.
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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 Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.505 (licence for Wychyngham to amortise other land to nuns of Thetford)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736238/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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