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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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Minoresses of London. King. The minoresses request that the king's ministers be commanded...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/178/8863
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This record is about the Minoresses of London. King. The minoresses request that the king's ministers be commanded... dating from [1378-1388] 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 8/178/8863
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1378-1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Minoresses of London.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The minoresses request that the king's ministers be commanded to come and view their charters and exemptions which they have of the grant of the king's progenitors, and of the king's confirmation exempting them from paying taxes, tallages and other charges to the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face].The king has granted this upon the advice of the council.[On dorse].It is agreed by the council the 1st day of March that the petitioners should have a writ of discharge to this time according to the purport of their charters.
- Places mentioned
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1378-1388 on the basis of the guard note. The petition is answered on the face in the same way as SC 8/178/8866 and 7, and 8866 dates to 1381, so that they may well be contemporary.
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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/C9294731/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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