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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas de Stanley, Dean of the free chapel of St Martin le Grand of London. de Stanley...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/142/7068
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This record is about the Thomas de Stanley, Dean of the free chapel of St Martin le Grand of London. de Stanley... dating from 1399 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 8/142/7068
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1399
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Stanley, Dean of the free chapel of St Martin le Grand of London.
- Name(s)
- de Stanley, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Dean of the free chapel of St Martin le Grand of London
- Nature of request
- Thomas de Stanley, Dean of the free chapel of St Martin the Great of London, states that it is too poor to support the vicars, thurifers and choristers serving God there, that it would take more money than it has to repair its property, and that the chapel is indebted to its ministers to the sum of 100 marks. He asks that he might be able to appropriate the church of St Botolph without Aldersgate, which is of his own advowson, and that he and his successors might be able to hold it, served by a parish chaplain, to support the charges. He also asks that this might be done without paying a fine, and that the King might write to the Pope to grant this.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] This bill was granted by the King on 21 May in his twenty-second year, declared by the Archbishop of Canterbury.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- St Martin le Grand, London
- Aldersgate, London.
- People mentioned
- [Roger Walden], Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement is clearly dated to 21 May 22 Richard II (1399).
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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. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.565 (licence for this appropriation)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209247/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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