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Brothers, sisters and sick of the hospital of Magdalene. King and council The petitioners...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/63/3115

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This record is about the Brothers, sisters and sick of the hospital of Magdalene. King and council The petitioners... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/63/3115
Date
[c. 1300-c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
Brothers, sisters and sick of the hospital of Magdalene.
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
The petitioners request remedy concerning the withdrawal by the master of their livery, and grant a writ to enquire of their master . . . and by name his mistress since they are not able to be served of their livery except at her will.
Nature of endorsement
They should declare if the hospital is a foundation of the king or not, and if it is then they should sue in Chancery and let justice be done to them there.
Places mentioned
Winchester, [Hampshire].
People mentioned
Master of the Hospital
Juliane [Gautron], wife of Thomas Gautron, and mistress of the master of the hospital.
Note
The petition has been speculatively dated to the first decades of the fourteenth century on the basis of its general appearance and hand writing style.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5590
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106878/

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