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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
Chapter of Ely and the community of the Isle of Ely. King. The chapter and community...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/280/13984
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This record is about the Chapter of Ely and the community of the Isle of Ely. King. The chapter and community... dating from [c. 1305] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/280/13984
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Chapter of Ely and the community of the Isle of Ely.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The chapter and community of the Isle of Ely, who have never been subject to justices of the Eyre of Cambridgeshire, but after the Eyre has finished are summoned to appear before the justices errant assigned by the bishop of Ely, or by the King during vacancy, in 40 days time and not otherwise, request remedy because contrary to the franchise of the Eyre of Ely the justices errant at Cambridge on Wednesday after St John last summoned them to be at Ely on Wednesday after the quindene of St John, which is only fifteen days later.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Ely, [Cambridgeshire]
- Isle of Ely, [Cambridgeshire]
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
- People mentioned
- Bishop of Ely.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? c. 1305, with reference to Rot. Parl., vol. I, p. 162b (no.30), a summary on the 1304 Parliament Roll of a petition from the bishop of Ely complaining that the justices do not allow him cognizance of all pleas within the Isle of Ely.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Royal letters 4668.
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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/C9517935/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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