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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Dean and Canons of St Stephen's Chapel in the Palace of Westminster. King. The Dean...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/184/9157
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This record is about the Dean and Canons of St Stephen's Chapel in the Palace of Westminster. King. The Dean... dating from [1390] 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 8/184/9157
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1390]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Dean and Canons of St Stephen's Chapel in the Palace of Westminster.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Dean and Canons of St Stephen's chapel state that they leased the manor of Eastling with its appurtenances, stock, goods and chattels to Simon de Burley, but that this was seized into the king's hands following judgment against Burley. The king has returned the stock, goods and chattels to the petitioners under certain conditions and, but due to the great pains on their mainpernors, they request that they be granted the property, and that their mainpernors be discharged.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Eselyng (Eastling), Kent.
- People mentioned
- Simon de Burley
- Escheator of Kent.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The privy seal letter with which this petition was formerly enclosed was dated at Westminster on 15 March 1390. For full discussion of the background to this petition see Given-Wilson, 'Richard II and his Grandfather's Will', English Historical Review, XCIII (1978), pp.320-37.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.6195 of C 81/514
For a related petition see SC 8/250/12460
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.240 (requested grant) & p.313 (later related grant)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295034/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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