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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Religious in Norfolk who are not summonable to parliament. King and council. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/16/760
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This record is about the Religious in Norfolk who are not summonable to parliament. King and council. The... dating from [c. 1346] 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 8/16/760
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1346]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Religious in Norfolk who are not summonable to parliament.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The religious in Norfolk who are not summonable to parliament state that when the king recently granted in parliament a ninth on sheaves, lambs and fleeces, he ordained that religious who are not summonable to parliament would be exempt, for lands and tenements for which they pay tithes with the clergy. But this ninth is being demanded from the petitioners, for lands on which they pay a tithe, by John de Houton and Edmund de Grymesby, appointed by the king to inquire into various matters concerning the ninth. They request a writ to John and Edmund to cease demanding this ninth.
- Nature of endorsement
- Everyone who is in this case is to have a writ of Chancery, so that it is not denied him.
- Places mentioned
- Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- John de Houton
- Edmund de Grymesby (Grimsby).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1345-1348 pp.184-185 is dated at Windsor, 6 August 1346.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition concerning the same ninth, see SC 8/16/766
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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 6232
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1345-1348, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.184-185 (commission to John de Houton and Edmund de Grymesby to investigate irregularities in the collection of the ninth)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.399a (no.116) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060901/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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