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Religious of England King and council If any individual person of religion feels...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/45/2226

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This record is about the Religious of England King and council If any individual person of religion feels... dating from [c. 1341] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/45/2226
Date
[c. 1341]
Description
Petitioners
Religious of England
Addressees
King and council
Nature of endorsement
If any individual person of religion feels harmed by such a case as this petition supposes, he is to sue in Chancery or at the Exchequer for a remedy.
People mentioned
The religious of England state that the king, in the parliament of the fourteenth year of his reign, because of the ninths granted to him then, pardoned everyone in his realm all arrears of farms until the start of his tenth year, and other debts listed in a deed, except for sheriffs and other ministers and receivers of the king then living. Some of these debts are still being demanded by the Barons of the Exchequer, because they use such general names as 'abbot', 'prior' and 'convent', which the Barons say designate people who should always be understood as living. They ask for clarification, and if they should be barred from the benefits of the pardon in this way.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The religious of England state that the king, in the parliament of the fourteenth year of his reign, because of the ninths granted to him then, pardoned everyone in his realm all arrears of farms until the start of his tenth year, and other debts listed in a deed, except for sheriffs and other ministers and receivers of the king then living. Some of these debts are still being demanded by the Barons of the Exchequer, because they use such general names as 'abbot', 'prior' and 'convent', which the Barons say designate people who should always be understood as living. They ask for clarification, and if they should be barred from the benefits of the pardon in this way.
Nature of endorsement
If any individual person of religion feels harmed by such a case as this petition supposes, he is to sue in Chancery or at the Exchequer for a remedy.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1341, on the basis of the reference in the petition to the parliament of 14 Edward III (1340)
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3044
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062436/

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