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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Ralph Canon, clerk. Canon Ralph Lords and commons of Parliament. clerk The petitioner...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/101/5034
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This record is about the Ralph Canon, clerk. Canon Ralph Lords and commons of Parliament. clerk The petitioner... dating from [1394] 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 8/101/5034
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1394]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Ralph Canon, clerk.
- Name(s)
- Canon, Ralph
- Addressees
- Lords and commons of Parliament.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- The petitioner asks that Norton be expelled from High Ham church, which he holds falsely. He states that Thomas Weston was lately installed (by title and ordinance) parson of the said church in the diocese of Bath and long time established in peaceful possession. Now Robert Norton by false provision of the court of Rome faithlessly despoiled the church. Thomas appealed to the court of Rome and recovered against Norton by true judgement, but did not recover possession before a certain statute was passed.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king grants this petition with the agreement of parliament, nevertheless his wishes that it should not be an example and that the said statute should apply in all other cases.
- Places mentioned
- High Ham, [Somerset]
- Rome, [Italy]
- Bath and Wells diocese.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Weston, parson of High Ham
- Robert Norton
- Boniface IX, pope.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable to 1394 on the basis of CPR 1391-6, p.386.
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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 1924
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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, Ric II, vol. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.386 (licence to Canon to have possession of the church of High Ham)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149602/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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