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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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Dean and canons of the King's free chapel of Hastings. King and council. The Dean...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/239/11944
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This record is about the Dean and canons of the King's free chapel of Hastings. King and council. The Dean... dating from [1330] 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 8/239/11944
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Dean and canons of the King's free chapel of Hastings.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Dean and canons of the King's free chapel of Hastings state that for lack of enclosure they have been robbed and beaten, and animals defile their graveyard, and that they are also in danger from the sea. They request permission to enclose the castle, and to provide it with secure doors, walls and other suitable defences, and have their workshops and stores inside it, and that they might have the keeping of the castle in time of peace. They also request the herbages belonging to the castle within and without, in the town of Hastings. And they ask for an inquisition into the truth of what they say.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Hastings, [Sussex].
- People mentioned
- Count of Eu
- [Edward II], King of England
- William de Montagu (Montague).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a document with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.3316 of C 81/169
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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/C9335508/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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