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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of Christ Church, Canterbury. King. The prior and convent request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/243/12148
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Christ Church, Canterbury. King. The prior and convent request... dating from [1398] 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 8/243/12148
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1398]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Christ Church, Canterbury.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request that they not be impeached, challenged, disseised or troubled in the church and advowson of Godmersham which they acquired by licence of the king by exchange with the archbishop for the churches of St Vedast, Foster Lane and St Michael, Crooked Lane, the archbishop having forfeited to the king
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Canterbury, [Kent]
- Godmersham, [Kent]
- London
- St Fastre and St Amande (St Vedast, Foster Lane), London
- St Michael, Crooked Lane, London.
- People mentioned
- Thomas [Arundel], late Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1398 as the petitioners were confirmed in their possession on 20 January 1398 (CPR 1396-9, p.352).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioners on the same matter, see SC 8/227/11316
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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, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.352 (confirmation in their possession of the church)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439753/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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