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Prior Provincial for the Friars Preachers (Dominicans). King. Prior Provincial for...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/243/12107

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This record is about the Prior Provincial for the Friars Preachers (Dominicans). King. Prior Provincial for... dating from [1333] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/243/12107
Date
[1333]
Description
Petitioners
Prior Provincial for the Friars Preachers (Dominicans).
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Prior Provincial for the Friars Preachers (Dominicans)
Nature of request
The prior requests that the king grant him by his patents that he is able to take cases of apostasy concerning members of his order, and that if such cases are found that his ministers and bailiffs are held to perform this when required.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Note
The petition dates to 1333 as the privy seal with which it was enclosed, and an order to all sheriffs and bailiffs in accordance with the petition, were issued on 3 October 1333 (C 81/208/7272; CPR 1330-4, p.471).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 7272 in C 81/208

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.471 (order to sheriffs and bailiffs to arrest apostate friars and deliver them to the prior)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439710/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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