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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Converted Jews of London. King. The converted request the payment of the arrears...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/4/155
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This record is about the Converted Jews of London. King. The converted request the payment of the arrears... dating from [c. 1315] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/4/155
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Converted Jews of London.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The converted request the payment of the arrears which they received in alms for their sustenance for their lives from the king's ancestors, and from the king at the Exchequer. The surviving converted are greatly impoverished by the default in its payment.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered by a writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that the arrears contained in the petition be delivered to Adam de Osgodby, keeper of the house of the converted for the sustenance of the converted of the same place.
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Adam de Osgodby, keeper of the house of the converted.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later petition by the same petitioners, see SC 8/4/156
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 4739
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.183 (writ ordering the payment of arrears)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.378b (transcription of SC 8/4/156 on same matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060275/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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