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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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Prior and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England (Knights Hospitaller)....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/54/2678A
What’s it about?
This record is about the Prior and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England (Knights Hospitaller).... dating from [? 1322-? 1330] 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 8/54/2678A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1322-? 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England (Knights Hospitaller).
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Prior and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England request confirmation of a charter of Henry II to the Templars, granting them a mark every year from every sheriff in England, and a mark from every city, town or castle paying the king £100 or more annually, which rent passed to the Hospitallers at the dissolution of the Templars, and which is being withheld from them.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer are to be ordered to search to see if the Master and brothers of the Temple were seised of the rent contained in the petition, and from what time they were seised of it; and when this has been returned in Chancery, the king is to be informed, and he is further to speak his will.
- People mentioned
- Henry [II], King of England
- The Order of the Temple (Knights Templar).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petitioners express their complaint in the words 'la dite rente lour est unqore detenue' which would suggest that this petition does not date from too long after the granting of the Templars' lands to the Hospitallers in the early 1320s. From the hand and the French endorsement a date of about 1322 to 1330 seems reasonable.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A copy of the charter mentioned by this petition is SC 8/54/2678B
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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 2834
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062894/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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