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Robert de Emsay (Embsay), canon of Drax priory; Robert Grene (Green), canon of Bolton...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/305/15242

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This record is about the Robert de Emsay (Embsay), canon of Drax priory; Robert Grene (Green), canon of Bolton... dating from [? 1350-? 1400] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/305/15242
Date
[? 1350-? 1400]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Emsay (Embsay), canon of Drax priory; Robert Grene (Green), canon of Bolton priory; Richard de Emsay (Embsay), clerk.
Name(s)
de Emsay (Embsay); Grene (Green); de Emsay (Embsay), Robert; Robert; Richard
Addressees
Chancellor.
Occupation
canon of Drax priory; canon of Bolton priory; clerk
Nature of request
Emsay, Grene and Emsay request a writ of passage to take £25 to the court of Rome from the port of London, Dover, Sandwich, Yarmouth or Orwell.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Drax, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Bolton, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Rome, [Italy]
London
Dover, [Kent]
Sandwich, [Kent]
Yarmouth (Great Yarmouth), [Norfolk]
Orwell, [Cambridgeshire].
Note
Dated impressionistically, on the basis of the hand, to the second half of the fourteenth century.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682454/

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