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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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Dean and canons of the chapel of St Stephen, Westminster. King. The Dean and canons...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/150/7498B
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This record is about the Dean and canons of the chapel of St Stephen, Westminster. King. The Dean and canons... dating from [1455] 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 8/150/7498B
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1455]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Dean and canons of the chapel of St Stephen, Westminster.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Dean and canons of the chapel of St Stephen, Westminster, ask that the current act of resumption might not be prejudicial them, in accordance with the tenor of the schedule attached to this petition.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On dorse of SC 8/150/7498A] The King, by the advice of the lords spiritual and temporal, agrees to this proviso according to its content, provided always that his grant made to the said Dean and canons of the wages of 6d. per day for the keeping of the said clock is not to be included in the proviso.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Frampton, Dorset
- River Thames
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England
- Henry IV, King of England
- Henry V, King of England
- Catherine [of Valois], Queen of England
- John Prenteys (Prentice), Dean of the chapel of St Stephen, Westminster.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the schedule containing the requested exemption from the act of resumption, see SC 8/150/7498A
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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)
- English
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.305b-306a (enrolment of the requested exemption on the roll of parliament)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209684/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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