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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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Convent of Bury St Edmunds. [King] Request for royal assistance in resisting levies...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/139/6939
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This record is about the Convent of Bury St Edmunds. [King] Request for royal assistance in resisting levies... dating from [? 1381-? 1382] 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 8/139/6939
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1381-? 1382]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Convent of Bury St Edmunds.
- Addressees
- [King]
- Nature of request
- Request for royal assistance in resisting levies being made on Bury St Edmunds Abbey by the pope and court of Rome.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk]
- Rome, [Italy].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Huntyngdon (Huntingdon).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard c. 1381-2 by reference to SC 8/94/4682 and CPR 1381-5, p. 13, though neither of these references is immediately relevant to the case in this petition.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209123/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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