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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 Coventry. King. The prior and convent request the grant of return...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/175/8746
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Coventry. King. The prior and convent request the grant of return... dating from [? c. 1316-? c. 1323] 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 8/175/8746
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1316-? c. 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Coventry.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request the grant of return of writs in the town of Coventry.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let a writ be directed to the escheator on this side of the Trent that he enquire upon the contents of the petition in the presence of the sheriff of Warwickshire who is to be warned of this, and certify the king etc.
- Places mentioned
- Coventry, [Warwickshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A tentative date of c. 1316-1323 is given on the basis of J. Rohrkasten, 'Conflict in a Monastic Borough: Coventry in the reign of Edward II', Midland History 18 (1993), 1-18.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/159/7920
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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/C9294614/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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