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Richard Priour (Prior). Priour (Prior) Richard King and council. Priour requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/332/15798
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This record is about the Richard Priour (Prior). Priour (Prior) Richard King and council. Priour requests... dating from [c. 1390] 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 8/332/15798
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1390]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Priour (Prior).
- Name(s)
- Priour (Prior), Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Priour requests remedy because he and his wife were disseised from the manor of Westrop (which they held as cousins and heirs of Thomas de la Ryver because his sister Agnes was a nun) by Clyvedon, the said Agnes, his concubine, Broke, Waleis and Virgo. They have sued for recovery for over fifteen years.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Westhrop by Highworth (Westrop), Wiltshire
- Shaftesbury, [Dorset].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de la Ryver, son and heir of Richard de la Ryver
- Richard de la Ryver
- Edward [III], King of England
- Joan [Prior], wife of the petitioner
- Thomasina [de la Ryver], sister of Richard de la Ryver and mother of Joan Prior
- Agnes [de la Ryver], sister of Thomas de la Ryver, nun of Shaftesbury
- Richard Clyvedon
- Thomas Broke, knight
- Ralph Waleis
- Richard Virgo.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the dorse to 16 Richard II (1392-3). It must date to 1390 or later since the petitioner and his wife were granted the manor in 1375 (CFR 1369-77, p. 280) and have sued for recovery for over 15 years.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/205/10233
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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)
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- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. VIII, Edw III, 1368-1377, (Public Record Office, 1924), p.280 (1375 order to deliver to petitioner and wife lands late of Richard de la Ryver)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. XIV, 48-51, (Public Record Office, 1952), pp.49-51 (no.53) (IPM of Thomas, son and heir of Richard de la Ryver naming Joan Priour as heir)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736395/
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