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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Master, brothers and sisters of the Hospital of St Katharine by the Tower, London....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/191/9549
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This record is about the Master, brothers and sisters of the Hospital of St Katharine by the Tower, London.... dating from [? c. 1446] 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 8/191/9549
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1446]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master, brothers and sisters of the Hospital of St Katharine by the Tower, London.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that from time immemorial no Mayor, sheriff of bailiff has been allowed to enter the close of the Hospital or to arrest or distrain anyone there, and that this has been upheld by the King, but that on St Paul's day last the sheriffs of London entered the Hospital, arrested one William Rikhill, and took him away to prison. They request letters to the Chancellor rehearsing this matter and ordering him to send for the Chief Baron of the Exchequer and for the prisoner and to return him to the hospital; and that the Marshal of King's Bench or of the Fleet might bring him there safely.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Stephen, King of England
- Maud, Queen of England
- Thomas Fawkener (Fauconer), Mayor of London
- [Thomas] Arundell (Arundel), Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of England
- Robert Notley
- Raubyn (Ralph) Barton, Sheriff of London
- [John of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford
- [Thomas Langley], Bishop of Durham and Chancellor of England
- Thomas Bekynton, Master of the Hospital of St Katharine by the Tower
- William Rikhill.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the guard to c. 1446, with reference to Thomas Bekyngton, formerly Master of the Hospital of St Katharine by the Tower. The refernce to him as 'then master' would suggest a date after he left that office, and his successor was in post by 1446. However, the reference to Ralph Barton as sheriff of London would seem to date back to events of 1418-19.
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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)
- English
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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/C9295434/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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