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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
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 the Prioress and nuns of St Mary...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/235/11730
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from the Prioress and nuns of St Mary... dating from 1327 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 8/235/11730
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1327
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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 the Prioress and nuns of St Mary des Pres near Derby, stating that their convent, which is responsible for many hospitalities, has been greatly impoverished by bad harvests and disease among their livestock, and asking the King to take it into his hand, granting custody of it to Robert de Alsop and Simon de Parva Cestra until it has recovered.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Derby, [Derbyshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [III], King of England
- [John Hotham,]Chancellor of England
- the Prioress and nuns of St Mary des Pres (King's Mead) near Derby
- Robert de Alsop
- Simon de Parva Cestra.
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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/C9335289/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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