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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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Master and brethren of the hospital of St John the Baptist of Bristol. King. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/93/4627
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This record is about the Master and brethren of the hospital of St John the Baptist of Bristol. King. The... dating from [1404] 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 8/93/4627
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1404]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master and brethren of the hospital of St John the Baptist of Bristol.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The master and brethren request that the king take the hospital and all its possessions into the king's protection according to the form of a copy sown to the petition as the hospital is oppressed by pleas and by the demise of its possessions at farm so that there is insufficient sustenance for the petitioners, and the hospital is on the point of ruin.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bristol.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1404 as an entry in the patent rolls records the taking of the hospital into the king's protection (CPR 1401-5, p.413).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For draft letters patent formerly enclosed herein see no. 30 in C 81/1402
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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 721
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.413 (memorandum that the king has taken the hospital and all that pertains to the hospital into his protection)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149178/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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