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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, brothers and sick people of the hospital of St John, Bridgwater. King. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/268/13373
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This record is about the Master, brothers and sick people of the hospital of St John, Bridgwater. King. The... dating from [1314] 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 8/268/13373
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1314]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master, brothers and sick people of the hospital of St John, Bridgwater.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The master, brothers and sick people of the hospital request that they be discharge from contributing to the tenths demanded by the pope or granted by the clergy as in times past they have been discharged as appears by letters patent of the bishops of Winchester and Lincoln because their goods are insufficient.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege because . . .
- Places mentioned
- Bridgwater, [Somerset].
- People mentioned
- [John of Pontoise], Bishop of Winchester
- [Oliver Sutton], Bishop of Lincoln.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1314 as orders to supersede the demand on the petitioners and to acquit them were issued on 6 May and 24 June 1314, and on 28 January 1315 (CCR 1313-18, pp.53, 62, 144).
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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 II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.53 (order to the collectors to supersede the demand on the petitioners) & pp.62, 144 (orders to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to acquit the petitioners of the tenth)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517320/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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