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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Peter Quinel, bishop of Exeter. Quinel Peter [King]. bishop of Exeter The bishop...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/309/15445
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/309/15445
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Peter Quinel, bishop of Exeter.
- Name(s)
- Quinel, Peter
- Addressees
- [King].
- Occupation
- bishop of Exeter
- Nature of request
- The bishop of Exeter requests that he may give to the abbess and canonesses of Leigh his manor which long ago the King granted that he might assign to the dean and chapter of Exeter, because the canonesses are much poorer than the chapter.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to return any letter he has from the King for the concession and to have one in the same terms for the nuns.
- Places mentioned
- Leigh (Canonsleigh), [Devon]
- Exeter, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- Abbess and canonesses of Leigh.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1290 since it is on the roll of petitions from the Easter Parliament of this year (PROME, roll 02, appendix, no.137).
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.55a (no.113) (Latin summary of petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no.137 (edition and translation of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529042/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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