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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Inquisitors against the Knights Templar. [Not specified]. The inquisitors against...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/277/13806
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/277/13806
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1309]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Inquisitors against the Knights Templar.
- Addressees
- [Not specified].
- Nature of request
- The inquisitors against the Templars request that whereas the Pope ordered them to enquire into the Templars in the province of Canterbury, that the [King], chancellor, treasurer and others of his council assign to them whatever they require anywhere in London or elsewhere where the Templars who used to stay in the tower of London may be, and that they may have various rooms of royal authority guarded by guards chosen by the chancellor and treasurer.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Petition of the inquisitors against the Templars.[On dorse] It was granted by the King on the last [day of Parliament] at Westminster.
- Places mentioned
- Canterbury, [Kent]
- London
- Westminster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1309, with reference to CPR 1307-13, p. 190 and p. 192, safe-conducts for those assigned to enquire into the Knights Templar in England and Ireland respectively.
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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)
- Latin
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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, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.190 (safe-conduct for those assigned to enquire into the Knights Templar in England) & p.192 (safe-conduct for those assigned to enquire into the Knights Templar in Ireland)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517753/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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