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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Master of the Templars. [None specified] Master of the Templars The Master of the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/179/8923
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This record is about the Master of the Templars. [None specified] Master of the Templars The Master of the... dating from [c. 1291] 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 8/179/8923
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1291]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master of the Templars.
- Addressees
- [None specified]
- Occupation
- Master of the Templars
- Nature of request
- The Master of the Templars states that, in the last parliament, the king issued orders that the tenth granted recently by the clergy in the archdiocese of York should not be collected from the churches of the Templars, and requests that similar orders be issued regarding the tenth recently granted at Ely by the clergy of Canterbury archdiocese.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Master should not be taxed contrary to his privileges in the archbishopric of York, and let them have a writ to the collectors of the tenth, and seek a writ to the Treasurer and barons of the Exchequer.They are to have such a writ to the Exchequer as he had to the collectors of the tenth.
- Places mentioned
- Aragon, [Spain]
- York archdiocese
- Canterbury archdiocese
- Ely, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- Collectors of the clerical tenth
- [John le Romeyn], Archbishop of York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The taxes mentioned in the petition were granted by the two provinces in October and December 1290. Presumably the petition dates from shortly after.
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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/C9294791/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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