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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
Item
Archbishop of Canterbury. King. Archbishop of Canterbury [Petition in 4 parts:]1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/269/13437
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This record is about the Archbishop of Canterbury. King. Archbishop of Canterbury [Petition in 4 parts:]1)... dating from [? c. 1265-? c. 1300] 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 8/269/13437
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1265-? c. 1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Archbishop of Canterbury
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 4 parts:]1) [Largely illegible] This petition concerns a feast that the King has promised to honour.2) The Archbishop asks that the respite that has been given him to answer for his franchises until the parliament at London might be given in writing to the justices of Surrey.3) He asks that the King might give his grace to the bishops and others who should be at the common summons before the justices of Surrey that without incurring a default they might appear at the . . . of Canterbury as they ought by custom, and he makes a request for the knights who are accustomed to be at the feast for the honour of the church.4) [Largely illegible] He asks that the King might grant him the right of his church of Canterbury . . .
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Canterbury, [Kent]
- Surrey.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to? c. 1265-? c. 1300 on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9517384/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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