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Abbots and Priors of England. Commons of parliament. The Abbots and Priors of England...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/24/1159

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Reference
SC 8/24/1159
Date
1421
Description
Petitioners
Abbots and Priors of England.
Addressees
Commons of parliament.
Nature of request
The Abbots and Priors of England complain of the inconvenience and problems that are caused when the Archbishops and Bishops make them collectors of the tenths granted by the clergy to the king in places that are very distant from where they live. They ask the commons to ask the king that it might be ordained in the present parliament by statute that no Abbot or Prior should in future be made a collector in any diocese, archdeaconry or county other than the one in which they live; and if this does happen, that, if they complain to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, the Bishop who did this should answer to the King for the tenth, and a process should be started against him.
Nature of endorsement
Soit baille a monsire lercevesqe de Cantirbirs (It is to be delivered to my lord the Archbishop of Canterbury) (on front).Soit celle bille monstre a lerceveske (This bill is to be shown to the Archbishop) (on front).Be it remembered that this petition and its response are enrolled on the roll of the parliament held at Westminster on 2 May in the ninth year of the reign of King Henry, the fifth since the conquest.
People mentioned
Archbishops and Bishops of England
[Henry Chichele], Archbishop of Canterbury.
Note
As it says on the dorse, this petition was presented to the parliament held at Westminster on 2 May, 9 Henry V (1421).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 142
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.131b-132a (transcription of petition on parliament roll, with response: text unmodified)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061327/

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