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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
Prioress of St Helen's, London. King and council. Prioress of St Helen's, London...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/109/5431
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This record is about the Prioress of St Helen's, London. King and council. Prioress of St Helen's, London... dating from [c. 1290-c. 1307] 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 8/109/5431
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290-c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prioress of St Helen's, London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Prioress of St Helen's, London
- Nature of request
- The prioress requests that her house be allowed to acquire in perpetuity the lands it holds of others, in honour of the deceased queen.
- Nature of endorsement
- Instructions for an inquiry ad quod dampnum on this case.
- Places mentioned
- St Helen's, Bishopsgate, London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1305, but with a misleading reference; dated here from internal evidence between the deaths of Queen Eleanor in 1290 and of Edward I in 1307.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.66 of PRO 31/7/93
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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 3224
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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/C9150005/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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