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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 Bury St Edmunds. King and council. The Prior and convent of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/95/4702
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Bury St Edmunds. King and council. The Prior and convent of... dating from [? 1383] 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 8/95/4702
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1383]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Bury St Edmunds.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Prior and convent of Bury St Edmunds state that their judgment in a case to prove that certain lands and tenements were bought purely for augmentation of their portion, and without any profit or increase for their abbot, has been delayed and put off for three years. They ask that the matter might be determined in the present parliament, in the presence of the Justices and of the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, or to order the Chancellor, Treasurer and Keeper of the Privy Seal to determine it with the chief Justices and the Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition, probably contemporary, from the same petitioners on a different matter, see SC 8/95/4703
For transcript, see no.46 of PRO 31/7/107
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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 848
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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/C9149253/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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