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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Sub-prior and convent of St Martin, Dover. King and council. [This petition is damaged.]The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/257/12847
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This record is about the Sub-prior and convent of St Martin, Dover. King and council. [This petition is damaged.]The... dating from [1320] 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 8/257/12847
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Sub-prior and convent of St Martin, Dover.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged.]The Sub-prior and convent of the church of St Martin of Dover complain of their impoverishment as a result of ill-treatment by the monks of Holy Trinity, Canterbury, whom the Archbishop of Canterbury had placed over their church, with the result that the Archbishop has been expelled from his keeping of the church and the King has entered. Their numbers are also greatly reduced, and they cannot carry out the service of God, alms, and other things contained in their charters. They ask that they might be able to appoint a perpetual Prior from among themselves in future, and that their charter might be emended, so that they might no longer be a cell of any other church, but that their house might be in the King's keeping.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Dover, [Kent]
- Canterbury, [Kent]
- York.
- People mentioned
- Henry [II], King of England
- Theobald [de Bec], Archbishop of Canterbury
- monks of Holy Trinity, Canterbury
- [Edward I], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Formerly enclosed with no.5230 of C 81/110, which is dated 11 March 13 Edward II (1320).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/82/4093
For a mandate to the Chancellor and Treasurer to summon the council and discuss the matter, in order to advise the King, see no.5230 of C 81/110
For a related document see SC 8/264/13199
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440459/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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