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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard de Ravenser, master of the hospital of St Leonard, York. de Ravenser Richard...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/173/8632
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This record is about the Richard de Ravenser, master of the hospital of St Leonard, York. de Ravenser Richard... dating from 1381 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 8/173/8632
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1381
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Ravenser, master of the hospital of St Leonard, York.
- Name(s)
- de Ravenser, Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- master of the hospital of St Leonard, York
- Nature of request
- Ravenser requests a warrant of Chancery to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to cease their demand on the master and brother for the subsidy as they have refused to allow an earlier warrant as their charter of exemption from such levies does not make express mention of the word 'subsidy'.
- Nature of endorsement
- 11 February 4 [Ric. II], the king in the presence and by the advice of the lords [named] grants that the master and brothers be discharged of the subsidy granted to the king in parliament held at Gloucester according to the effect of their charters by the reason comprised in the petition.
- Places mentioned
- York
- Canterbury province
- York province.
- People mentioned
- [John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, king of Castile and Leon] lord of Spain
- [Simon Sudbury], archbishop of Canterbury
- [William Courtenay], bishop of London
- [William of Wykeham], bishop of Winchester
- [Thomas Brantingham], bishop of Exeter
- [Edmund of Langley], earl of Cambridge
- [Richard Fitz Alan], earl of Arundel
- [William de Ufford], earl of Suffolk
- [Hugh de Stafford], earl of Stafford
- [Henry de Percy], earl of Northumberland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1381 as the response is dated to 11 February 4 [Ric. II] (1381).
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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/C9294498/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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