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Sub-Prior and Convent of Dunstable. King Letter from the sub-prior and convent of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/186/9270

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Reference
SC 8/186/9270
Date
1413
Description
Petitioners
Sub-Prior and Convent of Dunstable.
Addressees
King
Nature of request
Letter from the sub-prior and convent of Dunstable, dated 12 October 1413, requesting permission to elect a new prior, on the death of Thomas Mareschall.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Dunstable, [Bedfordshire].
People mentioned
William, sub-prior of Dunstable
Thomas Mareschall (Marshall), Prior of Dunstable
John Aston
John Roxton.
Note
According to the dating clause, the document was written in the chapter house at Dunstable Priory on 12 October 1413.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen V, vol. I, 1413-1416, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.102 (requested licence)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295148/

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