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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 Bury St Edmunds. King and council. Petition in two parts:1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/139/6918
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Bury St Edmunds. King and council. Petition in two parts:1)... dating from [? 1384] 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 8/139/6918
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1384]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Bury St Edmunds.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Petition in two parts:1) that the abbey of Bury St Edmunds have the rights to its temporalities enjoyed by Westminster Abbey, Christchurch, Canterbury, and others.2) that the crown assist the abbey in its concerns about possible attacks from the men of Bury St Edmunds.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated by reference to CPR 1381-5, p. 501.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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 Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.501 (possible outcome from second part of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209102/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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