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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
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Prior of the cathedral church of St Peter, Bath. Chancellor. Prior of the cathedral...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/302/15089
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This record is about the Prior of the cathedral church of St Peter, Bath. Chancellor. Prior of the cathedral... dating from [c. 1418] 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 8/302/15089
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1418]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of the cathedral church of St Peter, Bath.
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- Prior of the cathedral church of St Peter, Bath
- Nature of request
- The prior requests that a remedy be ordained as the mayor and people of the town have congregated in the churches of the town and sound the bells of those churches though the greater part of the churches are of the patronage of the prior and his convent, it being customary not to sound the bells after curfew and before noon, and despite the king having ordered the mayor and other people to observe the customs in response to an earlier petition by the prior and convent.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bath, [Somerset]
- Normandy, [France].
- People mentioned
- Richard Wydecombe (Widecombe), mayor of Bath
- Ralph Hunt
- Walter Riche (Rich)
- Henry Bokerell
- John Northfelk
- John Wyttokysmede
- John Mareys
- Robert Drewe
- Robert Phelippes (Philips)
- Thomas Kyngton (Kington)
- John Kerne
- Geoffrey Mason.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1418 as it seems likely that the previous petition referred to in is SC 8/176/8781, and this is dated to 1418, and this present petition is unlikely to be too much later.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the prior and convent on the same matter, see SC 8/176/8781
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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/C9518293/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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