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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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Abbess and Minorite sisters of Waterbeach. King and council. The abbess and sisters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/152/7556
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This record is about the Abbess and Minorite sisters of Waterbeach. King and council. The abbess and sisters... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1322] 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 8/152/7556
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess and Minorite sisters of Waterbeach.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The abbess and sisters request that half of the land given by the lady of Kyrkeby to Calveley to pay a certain debt be delivered to them until the debt has been paid, Calveley having been disseised.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should sue by the customary way.
- Places mentioned
- Waterbeach, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- Oliver de Calveley
- Lady of Kyrkeby.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to? 1300-c. 1322 on the basis of the hand, the document being endorsed in Latin which usually indicates a petition before 1322.
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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/C9209743/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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