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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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House of Bermondsey Bermondsey Priory. King and council. Those of the house of Bermondsey...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E850
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This record is about the House of Bermondsey Bermondsey Priory. King and council. Those of the house of Bermondsey... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1315] 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 8/327/E850
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- House of Bermondsey Bermondsey Priory.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Those of the house of Bermondsey request that the king will allow by the peace now made between the king's of England and France the great debt which is now demanded of them for the farm for seven and a half years of the war. If this cannot be done they request that the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer be ordered to make allowance of whatever can be found by account or other manner of the sums, by commission of the king, delivered, taken or expended by the keepers of the priory during the vacancy at the house. They also request allowance for the sustenance of those of the house in the same manner as has been allowed to priors alien of the same condition.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bermondsey, [Surrey]
- River Thames.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1307-c. 1315 on the basis that this petition seems likely to result from the war between England and France that occurred in the last years of Edward I and was settled at Montreuil. It is possible that the petition dated to the period of 1312-1313 like many other petitions in this file.
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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/C9682845/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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