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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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Commons of the clergy. King and council in parliament. The commons of the clergy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/20/976
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This record is about the Commons of the clergy. King and council in parliament. The commons of the clergy... dating from [c. 1383-c. 1385] 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 8/20/976
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1383-c. 1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of the clergy.
- Addressees
- King and council in parliament.
- Nature of request
- The commons of the clergy state that they hold various temporalities annexed and appropriated to their cathedrals and collegiate churches, for which they are assessed for tenths, whenever these are granted to the king, and that their tenants are discharged from payment of fifteenths on this account. However, the assessors and collectors of fifteenths are now wrongfully distraining them for payment. They request that the king ordain that they be discharged from such payment of fifteenths, as they have never previously been taxed with the laity.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- People mentioned
- Asssessors and collectors of fifteenths.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A near duplicate petition is SC 8/20/975
For transcript, see no.46 of PRO 31/7/109
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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 2078
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.176a, no. 4 (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061131/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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