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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of the church of Coventry. King The petitioners state that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/39/1950
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This record is about the Prior and convent of the church of Coventry. King The petitioners state that they... 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 8/39/1950
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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 convent of the church of Coventry.
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that they have been delayed [in their suit] by many adjournments in the debate pending between the queen and themselves by which they are impoverished by many wrongs committed by evil ministers concerning lands and tenements of the foundation of their church. They request that a remedy be ordained of these things to their right according to the purport of their muniments.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition be put before the king so that with this information he shall do what is right with good counsel.
- Places mentioned
- Coventry, [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- . . ., Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition has been dated to c. 1320 on the basis of its early fourteenth century hand. The queen may well be Isabella, queen of Edward II.
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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 2176
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062154/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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