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The chaplains and brothers of the chapel of Dunwich (Hospital of Holy Trinity or...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/43/2112

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SC 8/43/2112
Date
[1306]
Description
Petitioners
The chaplains and brothers of the chapel of Dunwich (Hospital of Holy Trinity or Maison Dieu, Dunwich)
Addressees
King
Nature of request
The chaplains and brothers of the chapel of Dunwich state that one William Licequeu, who served the chapel, stole a valuable cross and other relics from them, and carried them off to the Abbey of St Osyth. They ask the king to make the Abbot of St Osyth return the cross and relics.
Nature of endorsement
In Chancery.By the Chancellor.
Places mentioned
Dunwich, [Suffolk]
St Osyth, [Essex]
People mentioned
William Licequeu
the Abbot of St Osyth
Note
CCR 1302-7 p.423 is dated at Lanercost, 4 November 1306.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2560
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.423 (restoration by the king to Adam de Brom, Master of the Hospital of God's House, Dunwich, of the stolen cross, returned to him by the Abbot of St Osyth)
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