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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Archbishops, bishops, prelates and clerks of the realm. King. The petitioners request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3927
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This record is about the Archbishops, bishops, prelates and clerks of the realm. King. The petitioners request... dating from [1409-1414] 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 8/79/3927
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1409-1414]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Archbishops, bishops, prelates and clerks of the realm.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request the grant of the articles:Firstly they request the power to cause those suspected of lollardy or their maintainers be made to make recognisances to the king and that if they are found culpable then the barons of the Exchequer will receive the recognisances and execute them. They further request that these articles be proclaimed to the people. They also request that if the lollard suspects or their maintainers prove contumacious then the sheriff at the ordinary's certification will arrest them to compel them to appear before the ordinary and receive what the law of Holy Church demands.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king with the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal in parliament grants that the bill be sent into Chancery, and that the Chancellor have the power to make writs and letters patent under the great seal as often as necessary on the articles contained in the petition, or as the king is able to grant. /emph>
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Internal references to the provincial Constitutions of Archbishop Arundel date this petition to 1409 or later, while it presumably also dates from before the statute against Lollardy passed at the Leicester parliament of 1414.
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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 3217
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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/C9107703/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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