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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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Prior of ? Wangford. King and council. Prior of ? Wangford [The petition is badly...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/343/16170
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This record is about the Prior of ? Wangford. King and council. Prior of ? Wangford [The petition is badly... dating from [c. 1315-c. 1330] 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 8/343/16170
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315-c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of ? Wangford.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Prior of ? Wangford
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged with the entire right side of the document being missing, and parts of the left side being illegible].The prior requests that he be [? seised] of the manor of Reydon [...].[The remainder of the petition refers to Hastings, and a Hugh, and to an heir who rendered something to Hugh].
- Nature of endorsement
- He should show in Chancery [...] of the act to him [...] as the petition [...] by the writing [...].
- Places mentioned
- [Wangford, [Suffolk]]
- Reydon, Suffolk.
- People mentioned
- John de Hastyng (Hastings)
- Hugh [...].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1315-c. 1330 partly on the basis of the hand, and partly on the reference to a Hugh, who might possibly be one of the two Despensers, this being a complaint against their excesses.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 30 Oct. 1924).
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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/C9736651/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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