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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Dunstable. King. The burgesses of Dunstable request remedy since the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/249/12418
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/249/12418
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1392]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Dunstable.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Dunstable request remedy since the King's progenitors granted the town many liberties and franchises at their foundation, but lately they have been disturbed by the prior and convent of Dunstable, at whose instigation the bishop compelled them to rebuild their church and to build an altar of the Trinity there, and recently officers of the prior and convent have removed the altar by night and broken a beautiful tabernacle with the image of the Trinity, and have defiled and removed images of St Peter and St Paul painted on the walls.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Dunstable, [Bedfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Prior and convent of Dunstable.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1392, since this is the date of the Chancery warrant with which it was formerly enclosed (C 81/532 no.7970).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Chancery warrant with which this was formerly enclosed see no.7970 of C 81/532
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440024/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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