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William Sewet, chaplain of Coventry; John de Burgh, chaplain of Coventry. Sewet;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/72/3552

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This record is about the William Sewet, chaplain of Coventry; John de Burgh, chaplain of Coventry. Sewet;... dating from [c. 1392] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/72/3552
Date
[c. 1392]
Description
Petitioners
William Sewet, chaplain of Coventry; John de Burgh, chaplain of Coventry.
Name(s)
Sewet; de Burgh, William; John
Addressees
King.
Places mentioned
Coventry, [Warwickshire].
Nature of request
Sewet and Burgh requests that they be granted that they are able to found and ordain a fraternity of chaplains according to the advice and discretion of just and honest ordinances, and that they be granted a licence that they can give and grant to the chaplains and their successors of £10 of land and rent in Coventry and elsewhere not held of the king in chief.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Note
The guard of a very similar petition by the same petitioners dates this to c. 1392 on the basis of two references to William Sewet, one of the petitioners, in inquisitions ad quod damnum which are not connected to this particular petition (C143/421/7 & 18).
Related material

For a very similar petition by the same petitioners see SC 8/74/3673

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7868
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107326/

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