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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 convent of Westminster. King and council. The prior and convent request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/78/3877
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Westminster. King and council. The prior and convent request... dating from [c. 1327-c. 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 8/78/3877
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327-c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Westminster.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request remedy as the king and queen's households occupy the private offices and ejected the sick monks from the infirmary of the abbey to their great harm.
- Nature of endorsement
- The steward of the Household is ordered by writ of Chancery to remove everyone from the offices and infirmary in the abbey, excepting those in houses and places where they were in the time of the king's father.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- [Isabella], Queen of England
- [Edward III], king of England
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition could date to the reign of Edward II, but the French endorsement suggests a time late in that reign, and it may be that the petition's reference to the queen's household makes it more likely to date to the minority of Edward III, when his mother was prominent.
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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 8909
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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/C9107653/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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