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Prior and Convent of Eye. King. The Prior and Convent of Eye request that they be...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/183/9143

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Reference
SC 8/183/9143
Date
[1384]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and Convent of Eye.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The Prior and Convent of Eye request that they be pardoned all outstanding debts owed to the crown from the time of Edward III, and also that the house be granted denizen status on the same basis as Thetford. They state that the house has been impoverished by mismanagement, so that they can hardly pay the fees payable on account of the war.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Eye, [Suffolk]
Thetford, [Norfolk].
People mentioned
[Anne of Bohemia], Queen of England
[Edward III], King of England.
Note
The requested grants were made on 13 July 1384.
Related material

For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.21 of C 81/1342

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.491 (requested pardon and naturalisation)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295020/

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