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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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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from Simon, Archbishop of Canterbury,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/235/11706
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from Simon, Archbishop of Canterbury,... dating from [1363] 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 8/235/11706
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1363]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter to Edward III from Simon, Archbishop of Canterbury, stating that at the convocation of the province of Canterbury held at St Paul's cathedral in London, on the Monday after the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1359 [1360, new style], a tenth was granted by the clergy of the province for two years, with the qualification that nothing was to be demanded from parsons deemed too poor to pay, on the testimony of letters from the prelates to the Chancellor or Treasurer. Accordingly, he informs the King that the Abbey of Boxley in his diocese cannot pay this tenth, and asks him to order the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer that they should be excused.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Boxley, [Kent]
- Canterbury diocese
- Canterbury province
- Canterbury, [Kent]
- Winchester diocese
- London diocese
- Rochester diocese
- Maghefelde (Mayfield), [Sussex].
- People mentioned
- Edward [III], King of England
- Simon [Islip], Archbishop of Canterbury
- Abbot and monks of Boxley.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Letter dated 3 days before the Nones of February (3 February), 1362 (1363 new style).
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9335265/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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