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Abbess and convent of minoresses of St Clare (Franciscan nuns) outside Aldgate, London....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/258/12887

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This record is about the Abbess and convent of minoresses of St Clare (Franciscan nuns) outside Aldgate, London.... dating from [c. 1331] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/258/12887
Date
[c. 1331]
Description
Petitioners
Abbess and convent of minoresses of St Clare (Franciscan nuns) outside Aldgate, London.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Abbess and convent of minoresses outside Aldgate, London, state that they are being distrained like other people of religion for tenths granted to the King by the Pope, although they have bulls of Boniface VIII, confirmed by the present Pope, a transcript of which is sewn to this petition, granting that they shall be quit of taxes of various kinds. They ask that these bulls might be confirmed by the King under his seal.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.
Places mentioned
Aldgate, London.
People mentioned
Boniface VIII, Pope
John [XXII], Pope.
Note
This petition is very similar to SC 8/164/8163, which is dated 1331, and would seem to be from around the same time. It must in any case date from before the death of John XXII in December 1334. The transcript of the bull with which it is enclosed (SC 7/64/42) is dated 17 September [1317]. CCR 1330-3 p.466 is dated 26 May 1332. CCR 1333-7 p.265 is dated 1 October 1334 and p.309 is dated 10 April 1334. It is uncertain whether any of these is the result of this particular petition.
Related material

For the transcript of the bull mentioned by this petition, see SC 7/64/42

For a related petition see SC 8/12/554

For a related petition, see SC 8/164/8163

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.466 (order to discharge the petitioners if it can be found that they have previously been quit of such tenths)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.265 (order to discharge the petitioners, as the King has pardoned them this sum) & p.309 (order to discharge the petitioners)
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