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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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Prior and convent of Birkenhead. King and council. The prior and convent request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/160/7968
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Birkenhead. King and council. The prior and convent request... dating from [1318] 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 8/160/7968
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Birkenhead.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request a licence to build houses on their soil to house passengers using the ferry between Lancashire and Cheshire, and to sell victuals to them.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be by the special grace of the king and because of the contents of the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Birkenhead, Cheshire
- Lancashire
- Chester, [Cheshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1318 as the prior and convent were granted a licence on 20 February 1318 (CPR 1317-21, pp.108-9).
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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, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.108-9 (grant of licence to the prior and convent)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210160/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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