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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of the friars preachers (Dominicans) of Thetford. King. The prior...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/272/13561
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This record is about the Prior and convent of the friars preachers (Dominicans) of Thetford. King. The prior... dating from [? 1386] 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 8/272/13561
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1386]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of the friars preachers (Dominicans) of Thetford.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request that they are granted letters patent taking them into protection, and that the mayor and people of the town of Thetford be commanded not to aggrieve the petitioners and suffer to enjoy their easements in the common river and elsewhere within the bounds of the town.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]The king has granted protection.P. Courtenay.[On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- Thetford, Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- P. Courtenay.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to? 1386 on the basis of an order to the mayor and bailiffs of Thetford, though the order does not appear to relate to this particular petition (CPR 1385-9, p.249).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related chancery warrant, see no.54 in C 81/1353
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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 Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.249 (order to the mayor and bailiffs not allow the infringement of certain privileges granted to the petitioners by the Holy See concerning the construction of other mendicant houses within a certain distance of their house)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517508/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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