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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbess and convent of St Clare without Aldgate, London. King and council. The abbess...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/164/8163
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This record is about the Abbess and convent of St Clare without Aldgate, London. King and council. The abbess... dating from [1331] 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 8/164/8163
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess and convent of St Clare without Aldgate, London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The abbess and convent of poor minoresses of St Clare without Aldgate, who have been distrained by summons of the Exchequer for tithes due during the reign of the King's father, request that the King grant that they be quit of all manner of tithes for all their possessions, as Pope Boniface VIII formerly confirmed by his bulls.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- Places mentioned
- Aldgate, London.
- People mentioned
- Boniface VIII, pope.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1331, because this petition was formerly enclosed in C 81/184/4893.CCR 1330-3 p.466 is dated 26 May 1332. CCR 1333-7 p.265 is dated 1 October 1334 and p.309 is dated 10 April 1334.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.4893 in C 81/184
For a related petition see SC 8/12/554
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.466 & p.265 & p.309 (orders to discharge the petitioners from these sums)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294008/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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