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? No Petitioner named Letter from the chapter of Beverley to Edward I, regretfully...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/9/412

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter from the chapter of Beverley to Edward I, regretfully... dating from [1302-1307] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/9/412
Date
[1302-1307]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter from the chapter of Beverley to Edward I, regretfully explaining that they cannot put into effect his wishes concerning master Peter Aymerici, their fellow canon, because, when his commands arrived, only two canons were present at Beverley, and they could not grant or confirm anything in the matter without summoning their brothers; but, when they have been summoned, they will be happy to do what they can for Master Peter, according to the law and custom of their church.
Nature of endorsement
Coram consilio.
Places mentioned
Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Chapter of the church of the Blessed John of Beverley
Edward I, king of England
Master Piers Aymerici (Aymery)
Note
The letter is dated to 1302-1307 with SC 8/9/412, the petition with which it was formerly enclosed. The letter is dated in its dating clause to 9 kal. August (24 July) 1302. On the petition it says 'Copy of letter 23 July 1302' - but both Kennedy and Cheney say that 9 kal. Aug. is July 24.
Related material

For transcript, see p.18 of PRO 31/7/93

For a petition relating to this letter see SC 8/9/411

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 211
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.436 (grant of prebend to Piers Aymerici)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.462a, no.9 (full edition of original letter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060538/

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