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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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Parson of the church of Rye. King and council. Parson of the church of Rye The parson...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/334/E1135
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This record is about the Parson of the church of Rye. King and council. Parson of the church of Rye The parson... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1320] 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 8/334/E1135
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Parson of the church of Rye.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Parson of the church of Rye
- Nature of request
- The parson requests that he can have the tithes of fish called 'Cristes Shar' which the abbot of Fecamp was accustomed to receive when he was parson of Rye, as the king's bailiff has wrongfully taken and withheld it. The petitioner complained by bill to parliament, and the warden of the Cinque Ports was repeatedly ordered to enquire of the matter, but will do nothing except by special order of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the extent from the time of the exchange be viewed, and let the bailiff be called before the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer before whom the parson complained previously etc.
- Places mentioned
- Rye, [Sussex]
- Chichester diocese
- Fecamp, [Normandy, France]
- Cinque Ports.
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Fecamp
- King's bailiff of Rye
- Warden of the Cinque Ports.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1307-c. 1320 on the basis of the hand and the dating of other petitions preceding it 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/C9683260/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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