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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Stephen Gravesend, Bishop of London, and the Dean and Chapter of London. Gravesend...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/86/4273
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This record is about the Stephen Gravesend, Bishop of London, and the Dean and Chapter of London. Gravesend... dating from [1320] 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 8/86/4273
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Stephen Gravesend, Bishop of London, and the Dean and Chapter of London.
- Name(s)
- Gravesend, Stephen
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of London
- Nature of request
- The Bishop of London, and the Dean and Chapter of London, ask the king to order the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to allow them the amercements of their tenants, and the chattels of fugitives and felons, and their other franchises; and that they might have the amercement of felons and others in foreign summons and allowances of accounts as they have hitherto had, and as has recently been withdrawn from them.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer are to be ordered by a Chancery writ on behalf of the Bishop and the Dean and Chapter that, as regards what is contained in the petition, they should cause them to be dealt with in accordance with the terms of the charters and as was wont to be done hitherto.
- Places mentioned
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A Latin summary of this petition appears on the roll of the Michaelmas parliament of 1320 (Rot. Parl. vol. I, p.380b (no.86)).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a duplicate of this petition, differently endorsed, see SC 8/4/169
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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 5200
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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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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.380b (no.86) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
- The Functions of the Medieval Parliament of England, G.O. Sayles, (Hambledon Press, 1988), pp.357-358 (no. iv[a]) (summary of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148815/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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