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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Dean and chapter of Lichfield. King and council. The dean and chapter of Lichfield...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/166/8289
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This record is about the Dean and chapter of Lichfield. King and council. The dean and chapter of Lichfield... dating from [c. 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 8/166/8289
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Dean and chapter of Lichfield.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The dean and chapter of Lichfield request that the treasurer and barons of the exchequer be ordered to search their remembrances and divide the taxes owed from Eccleshall into three equal parts and assign each part. They state that by the king's permission and the authority of the court of Rome they have the right to divide the prebend of Eccleshall in the diocese of Lichfield into three equal parts, from which to make two new prebends, [one] called the prebend of Eccleshall and the other called the prebend of Offley (Bishop's Offley), and the third part called Slindon is appropriated to the dean and chapter forever. The petitioners have forty days for the new prebends to arrange for payments of multure and the collection of tithes in proportion.
- Nature of endorsement
- ... treasurer and barons of the Exchequer ...
- Places mentioned
- Lichfield, [Staffordshire]
- Eccleshall, [Staffordshire]
- Rome, [Italy]
- Bishop's Offley, [Staffordshire]
- Slindon, [Staffordshire].
- People mentioned
- Prior of Eccleshall.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1331, with reference to CPR 1330-4, p. 47, a 1331 grant to divide the prebend of Eccleshall in the church of Lichfield into three portions.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a duplicate with a different endorsement see SC 8/58/2884
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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 III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.47 (grant re division of prebend of Eccleshall into three portions)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294134/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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