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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Nuns, Abbesses and Prioresses of the province of Canterbury. King and Council. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/104/5191
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This record is about the Nuns, Abbesses and Prioresses of the province of Canterbury. King and Council. The... dating from [c. 1326-c. 1337] 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 8/104/5191
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1326-c. 1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Nuns, Abbesses and Prioresses of the province of Canterbury.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek discharge from certain charges and oppressions made through visitations on each of their houses for each nun above their quota, which charges are contrary to the form and the intentions of their founders. They state that the king and his ancestors established each of their houses, and the number of nuns in each according to their means etc., which number of nuns in each house is full and more, notwithstanding the fees charged by the archbishop of Canterbury for the ordination of each nun and by the bishops in the same manner.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let them have a writ to the archbishop and other ordinaries that they should not charge one house of religion otherwise than before, and that they sue their grievances in chancery and there obtain remedy.
- Places mentioned
- Canterbury province
- York province.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Discussed and dated, with full edition, by Spear, 'A Canterbury Lament', Parergon 18 (3) (2001), 15-36 (where the number of the petition is given incorrectly).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.28 of PRO 31/7/97
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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 2403
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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)
- A Canterbury Lament, V. Spear, (Parergon: Bulletin of the Australian and, 2001), (edition and discussion of petition, wrongly numbered)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149761/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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