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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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SC 8/46/2281
Date
[c. 1340]
Description
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
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8954
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062491/

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