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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Jewish Converts. King and council. The converts state that the sum of £202 4d...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/99/4950
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/99/4950
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Jewish Converts.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The converts state that the sum of £202 4d annually granted to them by the King for their sustenance has not been paid for eight years and more. They request delivery of this sum.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.They are to go the Treasurer, Chancellor and Barons of the Exchequer, and they are to do what seems to them to be done in the matter. And they are to have a writ of Chancery to the said Treasurer, Chancellor and Barons on the matter.
- People mentioned
- Henry [III], King of England
- Eleanor [of Provence], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1301-7 p.393 is dated 2 November 1305, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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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 1697
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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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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.393 (order to the Chancellor, Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to examine the letters patent making the grant to the converts, and to pay them what is due to them)
- Jews of Medieval England, M Adler, (, 1939), pp.352-3 (full edition and translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149517/
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