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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 and convent of Holy Trinity, Ipswich. King and council. The prior and convent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15567
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Holy Trinity, Ipswich. King and council. The prior and convent... dating from [1331] 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 8/311/15567
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Holy Trinity, Ipswich.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent of Holy Trinity request confirmation of Henry III's grant of a fair at Ipswich for three days from the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, specifying that the fair be held within and without Ipswich.
- Nature of endorsement
- The charter should be confirmed and it should be further granted that the fair be held within and without the town as requested in the same petition, and on the town's land, so that no prejudice is done to the King or others.
- Places mentioned
- Ipswich, [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- Henry [III], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1331, when the grant was confirmed in response to a petition presented to the King and council in the last Parliament at Westminster by the prior and convent (CChR 1327-41, pp. 215-16).
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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 and Latin
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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 Charter Rolls, vol. IV, 1-14 Edw III, 1327-1341, (Public Record Office, 1912), pp.215-16 (inspeximus and confirmation of charter in accordance with this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682577/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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