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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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Prior and canons of the hospital of Our Lady outside Bishopsgate King and council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/34/1674
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This record is about the Prior and canons of the hospital of Our Lady outside Bishopsgate King and council... dating from [c. 1320] 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 8/34/1674
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and canons of the hospital of Our Lady outside Bishopsgate
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The prior and canons show that they are charged to look after the poor and sick people coming to the hospital, but they are not able to sustain because of the contribution that the mayor, sheriffs and aldermen have taken from them against their will from their rents in London for their expenses in the eyre held in the tower of London. The prior and canons request that they be able to have a remedy and restitution of their goods.
- Nature of endorsement
- The prior and convent should have a writ in Chancery to the mayor and sheriffs of London that henceforth they should desist from levying the tallage, and they should make restitution of the sums levied.
- Places mentioned
- London
- People mentioned
- Mayor, sheriffs and Aldermen of London
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition appears to date to 1320 or thereafter as a commission was issued for the eyre on 20 November 1320 (CPR 1317-21, p.527).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioners see SC 8/34/1675
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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 334
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.527 (commission of an eyre)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061871/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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