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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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Prior and convent of Durham. King. The prior and convent request confirmation of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/241/12008
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Durham. King. The prior and convent request confirmation of... dating from [1319] 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 8/241/12008
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1319]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Durham.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request confirmation of the deeds of the king's father, his ancestors and the bishops of Durham.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Durham, [County Durham].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1319 as the privy seal warrant in response to the petition dates to 16 September 1319 (CCW 1244-1326, p.502).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was enclosed, see no.5074 in C 81/108
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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 Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.502 (mandate to examine the matter and advise the king)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), p.190 (no.142) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439611/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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