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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Archbishops, bishops and other prelates. King. The prelates request that the King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/277/13840
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/277/13840
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1321]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Archbishops, bishops and other prelates.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prelates request that the King take advice as to whether he is able to attend the translation of the body of Cantilupe at Hereford in connection with the canonisation process under way at the court of Rome.
- Nature of endorsement
- It pleases the king to be there. And the King, prelates and magnates assembled at Parliament have assented and agreed about a precise date for the translation, that is to say, ten days before the Nativity of John the Baptist next, and this is the Sunday after St Barnabas the Apostle, which is Trinity Sunday [14 June 1321].
- Places mentioned
- Hereford, [Herefordshire]
- Rome, [Italy].
- People mentioned
- Thomas Cantilou (Cantilupe), Bishop of Hereford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Sayles to the Parliament of midsummer 1321 (Functions, p. 360).
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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)
- The Functions of the Medieval Parliament of England, G.O. Sayles, (Hambledon Press, 1988), p.360 (translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517787/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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