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William, prior of Bath. William [Not specified]. prior of Bath The petitioner recites...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/346/E1417
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/346/E1417
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1435
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William, prior of Bath.
- Name(s)
- William
- Addressees
- [Not specified].
- Occupation
- prior of Bath
- Nature of request
- The petitioner recites [at length] that previous kings of England have granted and confirmed that they would not be subject to providing sustenance for royal assignees. However, several of the petitioner's predecessors in response to requests by Edward I, Edward III and Richard II received individuals to corrodies. After the death of Berwick, Clement Merk, who then held the corrody surrendered Berwick's patents that he had given him to Dunster, Berwick's successor. Now, after the death of Dunster, the present petitioner was chosen prior, and John Tretheac, to whom Dunster had a corrody is still living and in possession of the corrody to the great impoverishment of the petitioner's poor estate. He requests that the king will consider the premises and do full right to the petitioner according to his title and right before declared.
- Nature of endorsement
- 23 May in the 13th year at Westminster, it was agreed by the lords of the council that the chancellor associate to him the justices of both benches and do justice on the contents contained in the present petition, calling the sergeants of the king at law, his attorney, and other so interested. Present: the Lords of Gloucester, Cardinal, York, Ely, Lincoln, Norwich, Huntingdon, Stafford, Suffolk, Hungerford, Bath, Kent, Cromwell, treasurer, and the keeper of the privy seal.
- Places mentioned
- Bath, [Somerset]
- Ville de Seint John (Perth), [Perthshire, Scotland].
- People mentioned
- John Offord, then prior of Bath
- Robert [Burnell], bishop of Bath and Wells
- William de Shareshull
- Walter de Rodeney (Rodney)
- Hugh de Stifnyngton
- John Berewyk (Berwick), late prior of Bath
- Clement Merk
- John Dunster, late prior of Bath
- John de Ely
- John Tretheac
- [Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of] Gloucester
- [Henry Beaufort, bishop of Winchester and] cardinal
- [John Kempe, archbishop of] York
- [Philip Morgan, bishop of] Ely
- [William Gray, bishop of] Lincoln
- [William Alnwick, bishop of] Norwich
- [John Holand, earl of] Huntingdon
- [Humphrey Stafford, earl of] Stafford
- [William de la Pole, earl of] Suffolk
- [Walter Hungerford, Lord] Hungerford
- [John Stafford, bishop of] Bath [and Wells]
- [Ralph Cromwell, Lord] Cromwell, treasurer
- [William Lyndwood], keeper of the privy seal.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1435 because the response has a dating clause dating it to 23 May in the 13th year of [Hen. 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/C9736841/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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