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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prioress and convent of Armathwaite King and council The Prioress and convent of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/45/2230
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This record is about the Prioress and convent of Armathwaite King and council The Prioress and convent of... dating from [1331] 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 8/45/2230
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prioress and convent of Armathwaite
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The Prioress and convent of Armathwaite state that they have been so ruined by the Scots that they are reduced to dependence on alms for their sustenance, request that they might be pardoned £10 which they owe the king, for victuals bought from John de Louthre and his companions in the time of his father.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council, if it please the king, that it would be alms on the part of the king, for the great losses and destructions that they have suffered through the Scottish war, to pardon the said sum.It pleases the king.
- Places mentioned
- Armathwaite, Cumberland
- Scotland
- People mentioned
- John de Louthre (Lowther)
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1330-4, p.191 is dated at Westminster, 16 October 1331.
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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 2939
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.191 (pardon for the nuns for the sum mentioned in the petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062440/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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