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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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None specified. King and Lords of Parliament. The petitioner states that recent offences...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/184/9167
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This record is about the None specified. King and Lords of Parliament. The petitioner states that recent offences... dating from [c. 1385] 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 8/184/9167
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- None specified.
- Addressees
- King and Lords of Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner states that recent offences regarding provision to the abbey of Bury St Edmunds are detrimental to the rights of the king and all patrons, and to the destruction of the abbeys, priories and the entire religion, and therefore requests that the king ordain remedy protecting the rights of patrons and allowing the houses the free elections to which they are entitled.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Bury St Edmunds
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Given the handwriting and the context, this petition would appear to have been presented in response to the events at Bury St Edmunds in c.1385, whereby the monks sought papal letters regarding the provision of their next abbot without permission of their patron, the king. For details of the case, see CPR 1385-9, pp.100-101.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition regarding the offences at Bury St Edmunds see SC 8/184/9169
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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. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), pp.100-101 (pardon to Walter Totyngton, monk of Bury St Edmunds, for related offences)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295044/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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