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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Poor sick brothers of the hospital of St Giles outside London. King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/324/E617A
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This record is about the Poor sick brothers of the hospital of St Giles outside London. King and council.... dating from [c. 1299] 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 8/324/E617A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1299]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Poor sick brothers of the hospital of St Giles outside London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The brothers request that the brothers of Burton St Lazars be ousted from their possession of the hospital and that the brethren be allowed to enjoy their former possession as enjoyed at their first foundation by Queen Matilda, as since the hospital was taken into the king's hand by Hengham and custody given to the brothers, the brothers did not wish to maintain the hospital and the goods of the hospital misused.
- Nature of endorsement
- It was answered elsewhere, and they should consider themselves content.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Burton Lazars, [Leicestershire]
- Gascony, [France]
- Feltham, [Middlesex].
- People mentioned
- Matilda, Queen of England
- Hawis, countess of Rumare (Cambridge)
- Ralph de Hengham, Chief Justice
- Brothers of Burton Lazars
- William de la Marche, Treasurer
- William de Werewelle
- Reginald de Thornderle.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition must date to in or shortly after 1299, as the keeping of the hospital was granted to the friars on 4 April 1299, with a writ following 3 days later (CPR 1292-1301, p.404).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioners on the same matter, see SC 8/49/2448
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.404 (grant of the hospital of St Giles to the friars of the order of Burton St Lazars)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682606/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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