Piece
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
Item
Four chaplains and four clerks of the . . . King. [The petition is badly damaged...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/90/4466
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This record is about the Four chaplains and four clerks of the . . . King. [The petition is badly damaged... dating from [? c. 1280-c. 1310] 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 8/90/4466
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1280-c. 1310]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Four chaplains and four clerks of the . . .
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged and much of the detail is obscured].The chaplains and clerks request . . . that they are able to purchase 11 librates of . . . church.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.2) This petition cannot be answered without the king, so they should sue to him.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- There is no evidence to date this petition, so it has been tentatively assigned to the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century on the basis of the hand and general appearance.
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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 281
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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/C9149011/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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