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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Master of the Temple (Knights Templars). King. Master of the Temple (Knights Templars)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/191/9530
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This record is about the Master of the Temple (Knights Templars). King. Master of the Temple (Knights Templars)... dating from [c. 1308] 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 8/191/9530
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1308]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master of the Temple (Knights Templars).
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Master of the Temple (Knights Templars)
- Nature of request
- The Master of the Temple makes three requests:1) He asks that he might be released on mainprise, and that he might have some of his brothers to keep him company, until the King orders their deliverance or his will, as he will become ill if he remains in the castle any longer.2) He asks the King to make some ordinance concerning the chantries given to the Templars.3) He requests a remedy concerning the pensions and other maintenance given by the Templars to various people.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face, to second] The chantries and alms are to be maintained as they should be.[On face, to third] The allowances which have hitherto been granted by those who have power to grant them, for money or for possessions or for good service, to various people for term of life, are to be made, according to the advice of the Treasurer and of the King's council, when they have shown their titles; and to those to whom pensions are due it is answered that when anyone comes forward to sue and show his title, he will be given a fitting response.[None on dorse]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Probably datable to shortly after 1308, when Edward II ordered the imprisonment of the English members of the Order of the Temple. The order was suppressed by Apostolic decree in 1312.
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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/C9295415/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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