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Prior and convent of Holy Trinity, York. King. Request for relief from the payment...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/140/6995

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This record is about the Prior and convent of Holy Trinity, York. King. Request for relief from the payment... dating from [1426] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/140/6995
Date
[1426]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of Holy Trinity, York.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Request for relief from the payment charged on the priory during the time that it is held in the king's hands (as an alien priory), for guarantee of the liberties and rights of the convent, and for the right to elect their own prior.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:] By the Duke of Bedford, 18 March.[On dorse:] Let letters patent accordingly be made under the great seal.
Places mentioned
Holy Trinity Priory, York
York
Marmoutier, [France].
People mentioned
[John of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford.
Note
Firmly datable by reference to CPR 1422-9, p. 356; see also PROME, parliament of 1426, introduction.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. I, 1422-1429 , (Public Record Office, 1901), p.356 (resulting letters patent
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.302 (reference to the petition and transcription of it on the parliament roll, with note of the decision taken)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), parliament of 1426, introduction (summary of context)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295963/

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