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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 of Goring. King and council. Prioress of Goring [The petition is badly damaged...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/343/16185
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This record is about the Prioress of Goring. King and council. Prioress of Goring [The petition is badly damaged... dating from [? c. 1305] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/343/16185
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prioress of Goring.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Prioress of Goring
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged and is missing most of its left-hand side, and much else is illegible].The petitioner refers to [...] of Wallingford, his lands and [...] and receiving a rent of 12s.. Mention is also made to the late earl of Cornwall. The request refers to a money not being paid, and to the time of the earl of Cornwall].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Goring, [Oxfordshire]
- Wallingford, [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- [Edmund of Almaine], Earl of Cornwall.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1305 on the basis of a possibly related entry in the close rolls (CCR 1302-7, p. 281).
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.281 (possibly related entry concerning sums levied from the house of Goring by the escheator)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736666/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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