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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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The warden and chaplains of St Peter's, Kirby Bellars, and the chaplains of the Garden...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/55/2723
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This record is about the The warden and chaplains of St Peter's, Kirby Bellars, and the chaplains of the Garden... dating from [1344] 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 8/55/2723
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1344]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The warden and chaplains of St Peter's, Kirby Bellars, and the chaplains of the Garden
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask that they be excused various taxes levied by the exchequer that are contrary to the terms of the charter granted to them by the king's father. They claim to be perpetually exempt from all manner of taxes, aids, fifteenths, etc., as of a franchise by the terms of their charter. Since the enactment of statutes in year fourteen of the king (1340) writs have been served on them by the exchequer contrary to the terms of their charter.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let a writ be made to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer that they view the said charter and make them quit of all charges in accordance with the tenor of the charter, against any orders to the contrary.
- Places mentioned
- Kirby Bellars, [Leicestershire]
- Cauntreburs (Canterbury), [Kent]
- Westmoustre (Westminster)
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England
- Edward II, King of England, father of the king.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable to the parliament of 1344 by reference to CCR 1343-6, p.326.
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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 4704
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1343-1346, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.326 (resulting writ to the exchequer)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), parliament of 1344, appendix, no. 4 (summary of petition and references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062941/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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