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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and brothers of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England. Council. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/216/10787
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This record is about the Prior and brothers of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England. Council. The... dating from [1404] 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 8/216/10787
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1404]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and brothers of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and brothers request that whereas the Templars built two forges in Fleet Street for which they paid a farm of 15s. to the King's progenitors, and the forges were destroyed by insurgents during the reign of Richard II, considering that they cannot rebuild the forges because of the great impairment of Fleet Street and that process has been made against them in the Exchequer for the said farm by the name of £15 and arrears, that the council grant them a writ of supersedeas directed to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to cease their process, as the former chancellor granted them from time to time.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 29 November in the 6th year (1404) it was agreed by the chancellor and deputy treasurer that a writ of supersedeas should be made according to the tenor of the writs annexed to this.
- Places mentioned
- Fleet Street, London.
- People mentioned
- Richard II, King of England.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a writ related to this petition see SC 8/216/10788
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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/C9334343/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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