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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Master and brothers of the poor knights of St Lazarus of Jerusalem in England. King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/325/E677
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This record is about the Master and brothers of the poor knights of St Lazarus of Jerusalem in England. King... dating from [1319] 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/E677
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1319]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master and brothers of the poor knights of St Lazarus of Jerusalem in England.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Master and brothers request that it be commanded that they are able to be quit according to their privileges and that they not be charged to pay tenths and tallages against their indulgences, and if things have been paid by wrongful distress that they be restored, and they be quit towards the pope and all other lords. They have privileges from Clement V and other popes but sums are demanded from them by distress by the treasurers and barons of the Exchequer, and they are greatly impoverished by the loss of Acre.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they view the bulls and other liberties contained in the petition to do what they consider ought to be done, and until now is accustomed to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Acre, [Israel]
- Ireland
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- Pope Clement V.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1319 as the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer were ordered to acquit the petitioners in accordance with their petition on 25 May 1319 (CCR 1318-23, p. 71).
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.71 (order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to acquit the petitioners in accordance with their petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682671/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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