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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Dean and canons of the king's free chapel of St Buryan, Cornwall. King and council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/318/E351
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This record is about the Dean and canons of the king's free chapel of St Buryan, Cornwall. King and council... dating from [1318-1319] 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 8/318/E351
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1318-1319]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Dean and canons of the king's free chapel of St Buryan, Cornwall.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The dean and canons request that the justices render judgment or that the king be put in such possession of their chapel as the king's father had, and that a writ be directed to the sheriff to maintain the king in his possession. They complained in parliament of the actions of the bishop of Exeter to the chapel to the disinheritance of the king and the justices were commanded by writ to bring the record before the council, but nothing has been done.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- St Buryan, Cornwall.
- People mentioned
- Bishop of Exeter.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1318-1319 because this petition appears to be part of an original file of that date (see the dating of SC 8/318/E340).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition of the dean and chapter on the same matter, see SC 8/257/12814
For a letter to Queen Isabella relating to the free chapel, see SC 8/33/1628
For the petition by the same petitioners on the same matter, and probably the one referred to in this petition, see SC 8/92/4565
For a counter petition by the bishop of Exeter, see SC 8/334/E1119
For a subsequent petition by the same petitioners on the same matter, see SC 8/91/4528
For a later petition by the dean on a related matter, see SC 8/33/1629
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.624 (prohibition against the bishop of Exeter of exercising any jurisdiction in the free chapel)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529403/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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