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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of Bath. King. The prior and convent request letters to the chancellor...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/176/8781
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/176/8781
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1418]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Bath.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request letters to the chancellor commanding him to make a commission to sufficient persons to enquire into the matter of the ringing of bells in the town as the ancient custom is that no-one should ring bells either in the morning until the church have rung their bell, or at night when they have rung their curfew, and notwithstanding a letter of the king ordering the mayor and commons to follow the ancient custom [recited], the mayor and commons continued to ring their bells. When the commission has been held and returned into Chancery, they request that the chancellor be commanded to do justice to them.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bath, [Somerset]
- Caen, [Normandy, France].
- People mentioned
- Mayor and commons of Bath.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1418 as a commission was issued to examine the complaint on 30 August 1418 (CPR 1416-22, p.205).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioners on the same matter, see SC 8/302/15089
For a signet warrant to the mayor, bailiffs and people of Bath commanding them to cease their actions on this, see no.157 in SC 1/43
For a signet warrant to the chancellor in which this petition was possibly enclosed, see no.66 in C 81/1364
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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)
- English and 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, Hen V, vol. II, 1416-1422, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.205 (commission to examine the matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294649/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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