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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Canons of the king's free chapel of Hastings. King and council. The canons complain...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/325/E668
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This record is about the Canons of the king's free chapel of Hastings. King and council. The canons complain... 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 8/325/E668
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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
- Canons of the king's free chapel of Hastings.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The canons complain that the proctors of the bishop of Chichester claim jurisdiction in their chapel which is a free chapel of the king their patron, and they are not able to answer these demands without the king. They request that the king will defend them.[The remainder of the lengthy petition is in parts illegible, but appears to be an exposition of their rights.]
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Hastings, [Sussex].
- People mentioned
- Bishop of Chichester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1299 as a commission was issued to examine the bishop's claims in the chapel on the 14 May 1299 (CPR 1292-1301, p. 468).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the responses to this petition, see SC 8/325/E669
For another petition by the same petitioners on the same matter, see SC 8/321/E457
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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.468 (commission into the bishop of Chichester's claims in the chapel)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682662/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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