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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prioress and convent of Usk. Earl of March. The prioress and convent of Usk, who...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15866
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This record is about the Prioress and convent of Usk. Earl of March. The prioress and convent of Usk, who... dating from [? 1413-? 1425] 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 8/336/15866
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1413-? 1425]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prioress and convent of Usk.
- Addressees
- Earl of March.
- Nature of request
- The prioress and convent of Usk, who are seised of the church of Badgeworth, request that the earl ask the King to order his chancellor to cause Moyle to come before the council to answer for his actions. Moyle has been taking the church of Badgeworth's mortuaries and tithes to his own use.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Usk, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
- Badgeworth, [Gloucestershire]
- People mentioned
- [Edmund Mortimer], earl of March
- Hugh Moyle, vicar of Badgeworth.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated on the guard to c. 1394. However a later dates seems more likely since Edmund Mortimer was a great benefactor of Usk priory as well as Lord of Usk, and in 1422-5 was on the council of regency for 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736252/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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