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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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Poor people of the hospital of St Margaret outside Huntingdon. Chancellor. The poor...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/305/15234
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This record is about the Poor people of the hospital of St Margaret outside Huntingdon. Chancellor. The poor... dating from [1315] 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 8/305/15234
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Poor people of the hospital of St Margaret outside Huntingdon.
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- The poor people of the hospital of St Margaret outside Huntingdon request remedy against Langley who keeps the goods of the house for his own profit, has expelled their chaplain and certain brothers, some of whom had been there over 30 years, forcing them to beg for a living, and has kept for himself the horse which the Queen gave the house on her way to Scotland.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Huntingdon, [Huntingdonshire]
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- [John Sandall], chancellor
- William de Langele (Langley), keeper of the hospital of St Margaret outside Huntingdon
- [Isabella of France], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1315 since this is the date of the Chancery warrant with which it was formerly enclosed (C 81/93 no.3514).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Chancery warrant with which this was formerly enclosed see no.3514 of C 81/93
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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/C9682446/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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