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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
Prior and convent of Wangford. King and council. The Prior and convent of Wangford...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/146/7256
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Wangford. King and council. The Prior and convent of Wangford... dating from [? c. 1377] 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 8/146/7256
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Wangford.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Prior and convent of Wangford state that they are all true Englishmen, born in England, sending nothing overseas and subject to the Prior of Thetford, who is a denizen, and ask that they might be quit of farms and other impositions like other English people; performing divine service for the King, for his progenitors and for England, and paying the other charges due from their house.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Wangford, [Suffolk]
- Thetford, [Norfolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? c. 1377-8' without further explanation. This date does, however, accord with the hand and language.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.101 of PRO 31/7/110
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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/C9209439/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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