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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 Ely. [None.] Report of financial demands made on the prior and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/109/5410
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/109/5410
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Ely.
- Addressees
- [None.]
- Nature of request
- Report of financial demands made on the prior and convent of Ely during the vacancy in the bishopric following the death of Bishop Ketton, contrary to the charters of the priory.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer be ordered by writ of chancery to review the charters of the prior and convent and to do right to them.
- Places mentioned
- Ely, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- [John] Ketene (Ketton), Bishop of Ely.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated c. 1316 by reference to the vacancy following the death of Bishop Ketton in that year; the petition itself may date from several years later.
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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 3120
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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/C9149984/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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