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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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Clergy of the province of York King and council The clergy of the province of York...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/46/2281
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This record is about the Clergy of the province of York King and council The clergy of the province of York... dating from [c. 1340] 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 8/46/2281
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Clergy of the province of York
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The clergy of the province of York state that they had recently granted the king a biennial tenth on certain conditions contained in a document delivered to the Archbishop of York and to Thomas Wake, and which the Archbishop has sent to the king in a letter. They ask the king to grant and affirm these conditions by his letters under his great seal.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram magno consilio.
- Places mentioned
- La province Deverwyk (the province of York)
- People mentioned
- The Archbishop of York
- Thomas Wake
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? c. 1340' with reference to CCR 1339-41 pp.505, 591. CCR 1339-41 p.505 is dated at Berkhamsted, 15 August 1340, and CCR 1339-41 p. 591 is dated at the Tower, 15 December 1340: both provide evidence for a biennial tenth granted by the clergy in the province of York at this time. This petition would seem to date from shortly after the grant.
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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 8954
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1339-1341, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.505 (order to the Abbot of St Mary's, York, collector of the biennial tenth granted in the province of York, to pay a certain sum from the king's share of this tenth to Robert Polidod, for debts which the king owes him) & p.591 (order to the Abbot of St Mary's to deliver half the tenth to Robert de Spyneye, the king's clerk)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062491/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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