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? Prior of .... [Not specified]. Prior of ... In the time of war on account of malefactors,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/343/16196

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This record is about the ? Prior of .... [Not specified]. Prior of ... In the time of war on account of malefactors,... dating from [c. 1290-c. 1305] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/343/16196
Date
[c. 1290-c. 1305]
Description
Petitioners
? Prior of ....
Addressees
[Not specified].
Occupation
Prior of ...
Nature of request
In the time of war on account of malefactors, the prior [...] Rislep 50 marks in a hole in a certain chamber because in the same place [...] prior died, Luke, who absconded with the money in the return of the prior [...] detaining it for his own use. Afterwards, certain enemies of the prior [...] Roger de Seyton delivered the contents that the prior found the treasure in the chamber [...] demanded the justice that he enquire upon the truth of this [...] is able to have an inquisition.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
People mentioned
[...] Rislep
Luke
Roger de Seyton.
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1290-c. 1305 based upon the hand, the unusual structure of the petition, and to the reference to a time of war.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 30 Oct. 1924).
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736677/

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SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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