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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
Item
? No Petitioner named Copy of [part of] the testament of Hendon made in the Hustings...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/37/1804
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Copy of [part of] the testament of Hendon made in the Hustings... dating from 1298 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/37/1804
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1298
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Copy of [part of] the testament of Hendon made in the Hustings of London, 20 October 1298 establishing a chantry of three chaplains to celebrate mass for his soul, and those of his family and others in the church St Andrew, Holborn, and St John Zachary, London.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Holborn, [Middlesex]
- People mentioned
- Walter de Hendon
- Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester
- Elie de Forde
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The copy itself dates to the reign of Edward III, accompanying the two preceding petitions (SC 8/37/1802-3). The will dates to 20 October 1298.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition by the chaplain of the second chantry which formerly accompanied this copy see SC 8/37/1803
For a related petition concerning the seizure of the tenements because of breaches of gifts in mortmain see SC 8/18/898
For a petition by the chaplain of the first chantry which formerly accompanied this copy see SC 8/37/1802
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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 1279
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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 Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London, A.D. 1258-A.D. 1688, vol. I, Ed. R.R. Sharpe, (Corporation of the City of London, 1889), p.239 (calendar of the will of Hendon)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062006/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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