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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Collectors of the clerical subsidy in the archdeaconries of Essex, Middlesex, Colchester...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/277/13834
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This record is about the Collectors of the clerical subsidy in the archdeaconries of Essex, Middlesex, Colchester... dating from [c. 1381] 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 8/277/13834
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1381]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Collectors of the clerical subsidy in the archdeaconries of Essex, Middlesex, Colchester and London.
- Addressees
- King and Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The collectors of the subsidy granted to the King at his last Parliament at Northampton request that whereas they have collected part of the first and second payments, and because the commons of their diocese who are in arrears are unwilling to pay the residue the collectors have pursued them by censure of holy church so that they have now been excommunicated for over half a year, that the King and Parliament account with them for what they have received and acquit them of the rest.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Northampton, [Northamptonshire]
- Essex archdeaconry
- Middlesex archdeaconry
- Colchester archdeaconry
- London archdeaconry.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1381 since it refers to the Parliament held at Northampton, and with reference to CCR 1381-5, p. 17, a 1381 order to discharge collectors of Essex of the subsidy last granted to the King of all sums falling upon those who fled because of insurrection or are dead, in accordance with their 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, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), p.17 (order to discharge collectors of Essex of the subsidy last granted to the King of all sums falling upon those who fled because of insurrection or are dead)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517781/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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