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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bishop of St Davids. King Bishop of St Davids The bishop requests that the king grant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/42/2062
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This record is about the Bishop of St Davids. King Bishop of St Davids The bishop requests that the king grant... dating from [c. 1332] 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 8/42/2062
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bishop of St Davids.
- Addressees
- King
- Occupation
- Bishop of St Davids
- Nature of request
- The bishop requests that the king grant him leave to give a church, lands and tenements to the value of £30 to found a chantry of six poor chaplains to pray for the ancestors of the king and of the bishop and for all Christians.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.2) Let him come before the chancellor and the treasurer and make a fine.3) It pleases the king, for a fine. 0-34, p.238).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/105/5249
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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 2464
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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)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.57-58 (summary of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.238 (licence in mortmain for the alienation of rent)
- The Functions of the Medieval Parliament of England, G.O. Sayles, (Hambledon Press, 1988), p.310 (no. ii) (summary of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062268/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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