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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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The Prioress and nuns of the Convent of St Helen's Bishopsgate, London King The Prioress...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/45/2211
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/45/2211
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1351]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The Prioress and nuns of the Convent of St Helen's Bishopsgate, London
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The Prioress and nuns of the Convent of St Helen's, London state that Edward I granted them by his charter a market and fair in their manor of Brentford, which have fallen into disuse because they are enclosed and cannot pursue their business. They ask that the king to grant and ratify this charter.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because the Abbot of Westminster, which is of the king's foundation, is lord of the vill, and has all manner of franchises in the said vill, the Abbot is to be called to show his arguments against this before anything is done.
- Places mentioned
- Loundres (London)
- Braynford (Brentford), Middlesex
- Westminster
- People mentioned
- Edward [I], King of England
- the Abbot of Westminster
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- VCH London, vol. I, p.458, dates this petition to c. 1350 on the basis of an indulgence granted by the pope in their difficulties following the Black Death, which may give a clue as to the date of their attempt to recover their rights in the petition. Piece 26 of C 49/7 suggests that this petition was presented in c. 1351.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a summary of this petition on a schedule of petitions of c. 1351, see C 49/7/26
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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 2937
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.403a-b (no.138) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062421/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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