Catalogue description Petitioners: Prior and convent of St Swithin of Winchester. Addressees: King. ...

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Details of SC 8/150/7466
Reference: SC 8/150/7466
Description:
Petitioners: Prior and convent of St Swithin of Winchester.
Addressees: King.
Nature of request: The Prior and convent of St Swithin of Winchester request the advowson of the church of Kingsclere, in compensation for losses sustained by their church at the hands of Henry III and Edward I, and never compensated.
Nature of endorsement: [On face] . . . vacancy . . . [The rest of this endorsement is illegible].[On dorse] The council is not advised [to grant] the things contained in this petition before the King is [missing due to damage to ms].
Places mentioned: Winchester, [Hampshire]; Isle of Wight, [Hampshire]; Portland, Dorset; Wyke Regis, Dorset; Weymouth, Dorset; Elwell, Dorset; Kingsclere, [Hampshire].
People mentioned: Edward [I], King of England; Henry [III], King of England; Simon de Mountfort (Montfort); [Gilbert de Clare], Earl of Gloucester.
Note: From the content, this petition must date from the reign of Edward III, and from the hand and the content, it would seem to date from early in the reign.
Date: [? c. 1327]
Related material:

For a duplicate of this petition without an endorsement, see SC 8/150/7468
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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