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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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Lepers of the hospital of St Giles outside Holborn. King and the lords of this present...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/324/E617B
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This record is about the Lepers of the hospital of St Giles outside Holborn. King and the lords of this present... dating from [c. 1399-c. 1413] 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/E617B
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1399-c. 1413]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Lepers of the hospital of St Giles outside Holborn.
- Addressees
- King and the lords of this present [Parliament].
- Nature of request
- The lepers request remedy as the current master of the hospital, the abbot of St Mary Graces has withdrawn the alms and hospitality that they are assigned and does not wish to receive further sick into the hospital to bring it up to its full total.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None, but the petition was apparently consulted in the eighteenth century, as there is an endorsement in a hand of that age].
- Places mentioned
- Holborn, Middlesex
- London.
- People mentioned
- Abbot of St Mary Graces near the Tower of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1399-c. 1413 as the petition refers to the king's grandfather, and this, presumably, is a reference to Edward III, and the hand of the petition suggests that the petition is of the earlier fifteenth century.
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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/C9682607/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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