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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Edmund Stafford, Dean of York, and the chapter of York Minster. Stafford Edmund King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/256/12770
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This record is about the Edmund Stafford, Dean of York, and the chapter of York Minster. Stafford Edmund King.... dating from [1388] 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 8/256/12770
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edmund Stafford, Dean of York, and the chapter of York Minster.
- Name(s)
- Stafford, Edmund
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Dean of York
- Nature of request
- The Dean and chapter of York state that in the second year of his reign the King gave permission for the Archbishop of York to grant them the advowson of the church of Misterton, to hold for their own use, which he did, and that later, by authority of the Pope, the Archbishop granted that they could appropriate this church for ten years from its next vacancy. They therefore entered it at the next vacancy, which happened in the first week of Lent in the King's tenth year, and are still in possession; but the Archbishop has presented to the church, in contravention of his grant. They request confirmation of this appropriation, and confirmation and ratification of their estate and title to the church.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Granted by the King.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- York
- Misterton, [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Alexander [Neville], Archbishop of York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1385-9 pp.495-496 is dated 28 July 1388, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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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. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), pp.495-496 (ratification of the estate of the Dean and Chapter in this church)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440377/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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