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Prioress and canonesses of Campsey Ash. King. The prioress and canonesses request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/243/12130
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This record is about the Prioress and canonesses of Campsey Ash. King. The prioress and canonesses request... dating from [1347] 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 8/243/12130
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1347]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prioress and canonesses of Campsey Ash.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prioress and canonesses request that they are able to grant a messuage in Rendlesham and the advowsons of the churches of Burgh and Hargham to a chaplain for his life, and that the chaplain be able to appropriate the churches for him and four other chaplains to sustain them in singing for the souls of the Uffords and Herford. They request that they may appoint new chaplains on the death of the incumbent.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Campsey Ash, [Suffolk]
- Rendlesham, Suffolk
- Burgh, Suffolk
- Hargham, Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- Ralph Ufford
- Maud [Ufford], wife of Ralph Ufford
- John de Ufford
- Thomas de Herford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1347 as the privy seal warrant issued on 22 September and the licence was granted on 16 October 1347 (C 81/324/18896; CPR 1345-8, p.415).
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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 formerly enclosed, see no. 18896 in C 81/324
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1345-1348, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.415 (grant of the licence at the request of the earl of Lancaster)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439734/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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