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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Parsons of the churches of Our Lady of Rye, of St Thomas, and of St Giles of Winchelsea....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7543
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This record is about the Parsons of the churches of Our Lady of Rye, of St Thomas, and of St Giles of Winchelsea.... dating from [c. 1334] 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 8/151/7543
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Parsons of the churches of Our Lady of Rye, of St Thomas, and of St Giles of Winchelsea.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The parsons request remedy concerning the tithes of the fisheries that their predecessors as parsons, the abbots of Fecamp, used to receive, and which are withdrawn by the king's ministers.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered by writ of Chancery to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they call the bailiffs of the king and hear their reasons of the parsons of the church named in the petition, and do justice to them upon the contents in the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Rye, [Sussex]
- Winchelsea, [Sussex]
- Fecamp, [Normandy, France].
- People mentioned
- Abbots of Fecamp.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1334 as a petition by the parson of the church of Rye on his own on the same matter dates to 1334, and it seems unlikely that this petition is too distant in time from it (Rot. Parl., vol. II::p.87b (no.61)).
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.87b (no.61) (full edition of later copy of a related petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209729/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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