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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
Item
Prior and convent of Ely. King and council. The petitioners cite a judgment given...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/109/5426
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Ely. King and council. The petitioners cite a judgment given... dating from [1376-1377] 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 8/109/5426
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1376-1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Ely.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners cite a judgment given in the year 47 of the present king [Edward III] by which they were charged £200 for the king's tenth on the temporalities of the bishopric of Ely, late in their hands on the death of John Barnet, Bishop of Ely. They suggest that the judgment was in error and request that it be reviewed and overturned by the chancellor, treasurer and justices in the present parliament.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Ely, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- John Barnet, Bishop of Ely.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition itself mentions the vacancy following the death of Bishop Barnet of Ely (in 1373) and a judgment of 47 [Edward III] (1373-4), and since it indicates that it was presented in parliament it must date to one of the last two parliaments of Edward III, in 1376 and 1377.
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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 3189
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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/C9150000/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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