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Chancery: Files, Tower and Rolls Chapel Series, Certiorari Ecclesiastical
Catalogue reference: C 269
What's it about?
C 269
Writs sent to bishops and others requesting information about various ecclesiastical matters, and returns to those writs.Subjects include the value of benefices, tithes, the names of patrons and clergy presented to particular benefices at...
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C 269
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Files, Tower and Rolls Chapel Series, Certiorari Ecclesiastical
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Date (When the record was created)
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1304-1602
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Description (What the record is about)
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Writs sent to bishops and others requesting information about various ecclesiastical matters, and returns to those writs.
Subjects include the value of benefices, tithes, the names of patrons and clergy presented to particular benefices at particular times, the tenor of proceedings in ecclesiastical courts, and the names and benefices of alien clergy.
There is also a bundle of returns made by bishops and sheriffs in connection with an inquiry undertaken in 1371 for taxation purposes into the number of parishes in England and Wales.
Most of these records were formerly included in C 47 and C 202
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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)
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English and Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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16 bundle(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Taxation
- Religions
- Tithes
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3801/
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