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Proceedings of Robert Silvester, priest of Guisborough (Yorkshire NR), and Tristram...
Catalogue reference: E 135/3/20
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This record is about the Proceedings of Robert Silvester, priest of Guisborough (Yorkshire NR), and Tristram... dating from 1538 Oct. in the series Exchequer: Miscellaneous Ecclesiastical Documents. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 135/3/20
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1538 Oct.
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Description (What the record is about)
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Proceedings of Robert Silvester, priest of Guisborough (Yorkshire NR), and Tristram Tresh at the election of an abbot of Whitby (Yorkshire NR). Compromise negotiated with the convent, namely Robert Woodhouse, sub-prior, Thomas Brabyner, William Clerkson, Peter Bennett, William Knagges, [...] Billingeham, Peter Lieth, Thomas Hewett, Thomas Stabler, Robert Warde, Henry Davell, [...] Peryson, William Stylle, John Watson, Mathias Petite, William Newton, William Froste, Robert Baxster, Henry Barker, William Colson and Robert Leithley, under the oversight of Thomas Cromwell KG, Lord Cromwell.
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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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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Badly stained and mutilated.
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Litigation
- Religions
- Democracy
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- [Letters.and Papers Henry VIII, XIII.II.556.]
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3408270/
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E 135
Exchequer: Miscellaneous Ecclesiastical Documents
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