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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior of Hastings. Chancellor. Prior of Hastings The Prior of Hastings requests a...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/297/14846
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This record is about the Prior of Hastings. Chancellor. Prior of Hastings The Prior of Hastings requests a... dating from [? c. 1360-? c. 1380] 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 8/297/14846
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1360-? c. 1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Hastings.
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- Prior of Hastings
- Nature of request
- The Prior of Hastings requests a writ to arrest Thomas, a canon of Hastings who has fled the priory with certain of its documents and has become apostate, lying in wait for the Prior and his servants with men at arms, archers and others, and to return him to the priory and to religion, delivering him to the prior or sub-prior.
- Nature of endorsement
- To my most honoured and reverend lord, my lord the Chancellor.
- Places mentioned
- Hastings, [Sussex].
- People mentioned
- Thomas, canon of Hastings.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518048/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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