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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England Commons in parliament Prior...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/27/1323
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This record is about the Prior of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England Commons in parliament Prior... dating from [1439] 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 8/27/1323
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1439]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England
- Addressees
- Commons in parliament
- Occupation
- Prior of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England
- Nature of request
- The predecessors of the prior of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem were seised of 2 forges in Fleet Street in the suburbs of London, for which they paid the king 15s annually, but they were destroyed in the time of the insurrection of the commons in Richard II's reign, since when the priors have been respited in the Exchequer in respect of that rent. Since the forges cannot be rebuilt, the king is asked to grant the Chancellor and Treasurer power to make reasonable remedy for the discharge of the prior, and that in the meantime there may be no levy of arrears of rent.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king wishes it.
- Places mentioned
- Fleet Street, London
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated in Rot. Parl. V, p.3 to the parliament which met on 12 November 1439.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/27/1322
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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 7666
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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)
- English
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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. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.23a-b (no.35) (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061502/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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