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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Master and brothers of the Hospital of St John the Baptist, Ely. King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/259/12942
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This record is about the Master and brothers of the Hospital of St John the Baptist, Ely. King and council.... dating from [1337] 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 8/259/12942
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master and brothers of the Hospital of St John the Baptist, Ely.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged.]The petitioners state that they have been accustomed to receive a certain sum in alms in four annual portions at the Exchequer of Ely, of the gift of the Bishops of Ely and confirmed by kings, but that the King has recently granted the Prior and convent of Ely the temporalities of the bishopric during vacancies and, when they came to collect their money at the first quarter-day after the death of the late Bishop, the Prior and convent refused to pay them, saying that they were not to be charged with anything beyond the fixed sum they paid the King for the temporalities. [They request a remedy].
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to have a writ to the Prior and convent founded on the King's charter and the certification of the Exchequer that it is Chancery that is to pay the Master and brothers what is due to them from the time when they had the vacancy; and they are further to sue the process by sicut alias and attachment.
- Places mentioned
- Ely, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- Prior and convent of Ely
- [John Hotham], Bishop of Ely.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1337 with reference to CCR 1337-9 pp.75-76 is dated 16 June 1337, 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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1337-1339, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.75 (order to the Prior and Convent to pay this sum for the term of the Annunciation last)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440555/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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