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Prior and canons of the hospital of Our Lady outside Bishopsgate King The prior and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/34/1675

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Reference
SC 8/34/1675
Date
[c. 1318]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and canons of the hospital of Our Lady outside Bishopsgate
Addressees
King
Nature of request
The prior and canons request that the king grant to them that they be able to purchase lands and rents to the value of 40s. per annum in aid of the sustenance of poor people lying in the hospital.
Nature of endorsement
They should sue before the king.
Places mentioned
London
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioners see SC 8/34/1674

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 323
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.127 (confirmation of many grants and donations made to the hospital)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061872/

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SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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