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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the archbishopric of York. King and council. [Petition in 3 parts].1) The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8403
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This record is about the People of the archbishopric of York. King and council. [Petition in 3 parts].1) The... dating from ? 1316 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 8/169/8403
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Date (When the record was created)
- ? 1316
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the archbishopric of York.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 3 parts].1) The people request remedy as the ministers of the archbishop ought, for the proving and administration of wills, receive nothing except 4d. for each testament, but will not grant administration to the executors without much greater sums according to the quantity of goods found, and if they will not pay they sequester the goods until satisfaction is made to them.2) They further complain that though by custom the account of each testament is rendered in the deanery, the ministers will not receive the accounts of the executors, nor make acquittance without great gifts of money from the goods of the dead, and if they will not pay they hinder them. Remedy is requested.3) These things were begun by Archbishops Corbridge and Greenfield.4) Remedy is requested as no man should be charged to come to church but demands are being made, namely from each mark of the taxation of the church, 1d.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let a writ be directed to the dean and chapter containing the transcript of this petition and that they make full and speedy remedy of the complaint so that nothing more is heard of this.
- Places mentioned
- York archbishopric.
- People mentioned
- [Thomas] Corbrigg (Corbridge), archbishop of York
- [William] Grenfeld (Greenfield), archbishop of York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1316 on the basis of the guard note that suggests that this petition dates to after the death of Archbishop Greenfield in December 1315.
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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/C9294250/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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