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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of Pontefract. King. The Prior and convent of Pontefract state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/191/9516
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Pontefract. King. The Prior and convent of Pontefract state... dating from [1327] 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 8/191/9516
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Pontefract.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Prior and convent of Pontefract state that the Earl of Lancaster had agreed to write to the Pope to ask that they might be able to appropriate the church of Kippax and the vicarage of All Saints, Pontefract, of which they are patrons, as, although the King has granted them the appropriation of the church of Kippax, as far as it is in him, the Archbishop of York is preventing them from having it. They ask the King to write to the Pope to expedite this business, and that the vicarage might be served by one of their monks.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Pontefract, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Kippax, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Formerly enclosed in no. 1462 of C 81/150, dated 24 December 1 Edward III (1327).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For instructions to the Chancellor to make suitable letters to the pope and others at the court of Rome on this matter, see no. 1462 of C 81/150
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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/C9295400/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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