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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbess and convent of Syon King The abbess and convent state that they have had letters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/26/1257A
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/26/1257A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1432]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess and convent of Syon
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The abbess and convent state that they have had letters patent of the king granting them a licence to move the site of their house, and they have now moved. They request confirmation of these letters patent, and ratification of all the things that they have done since.[There is a clause in Latin following the petition which was presumably a clause the abbess and convent wanted inserted in the confirmation.]Saving to all lieges except the religious brothers all the things granted and assigned to the abbess and convent, and all those things granted by the abbess and convent to the lieges.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be just as it is petitioned.
- Places mentioned
- [Isleworth], [Middlesex]
- People mentioned
- Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by the heading in Rot. Parl. IV, p.388 which makes this a petition in the parliament held at Westminster on 12 May 10 Henry VI (1432). The letters patent that preceded the petition are dated to 19 October 1431 (SC 8/26/1257B).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a copy of the letters patent see SC 8/26/1257B
For a transcription see no 19B in PRO 31/7/118
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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 7644
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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. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.395a-396b (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061431/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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