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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and Convent of Markby. King. The Prior and Convent of Markby state that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/124/6192
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/124/6192
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1332-1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and Convent of Markby.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Prior and Convent of Markby state that they have received the king's letters regarding his request for an aid to pay for the marriage of his sister Eleanor. Although usually exempt, and despite the poverty of the house, the Prior and Convent offer 40 shillings as a mark of their high regard for the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- To his liege lord Sir Edward, King of England.For the Prior and Convent of Markby.
- Places mentioned
- Markby, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Eleanor [of Woodstock], sister of the king.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a similar document from the Abbot of Newhouse see SC 8/129/6434
For an earlier letter from the Prior and Convent excusing themselves from payment see no.6 of C 270/10
For files of similar documents, from which this document forms a stray, see C 270/7-12 C 270/7
For a similar document from the Abbot of Bardney see SC 8/196/9782
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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 5411
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.587-93 (request to the Archbishop of York and other clerics for an aid to pay for the marriage of Eleanor to the Count of Guelders)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208365/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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