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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prioress and convent of the abbey of Godstow. King. The prioress and convent request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/225/11249
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This record is about the Prioress and convent of the abbey of Godstow. King. The prioress and convent request... dating from [1384] 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 8/225/11249
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1384]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prioress and convent of the abbey of Godstow.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prioress and convent request the king's licence to proceed to elect a new abbess.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face].The King has granted this.[On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- Godstow Abbey, [Oxfordshire].
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.455 (licence for the election)
- Parliamentary Petitions Relating to Oxford, Oxford Historical Society, vol. XXXII, Ed. L. Toulmin Smith, (Oxford Historical Society, 1896), p.95 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334809/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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