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Commission to Thomas Legh, doctor of law, to visit the alien priory of nuns of Nuneaton...
Catalogue reference: E 135/3/2
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This record is about the Commission to Thomas Legh, doctor of law, to visit the alien priory of nuns of Nuneaton... dating from 1538 Aug 22 in the series Exchequer: Miscellaneous Ecclesiastical Documents. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 135/3/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1538 Aug 22
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Description (What the record is about)
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Commission to Thomas Legh, doctor of law, to visit the alien priory of nuns of Nuneaton within the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield (Warwickshire). Attested by Thomas Cromwell.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Annotated in an eighteenth-century hand: "A Commission to visit the Priory of Nuneaton, dat 2 Augt 1538 - 30 Hen: 8th", "From Tamworth Castle, 1765".
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- parchment membranes
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 1 m.
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Religions
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3408252/
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E 135
Exchequer: Miscellaneous Ecclesiastical Documents
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