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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons in parliament King. The petition asks the king to consider how his progenitors...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/293/14610
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This record is about the Commons in parliament King. The petition asks the king to consider how his progenitors... dating from [1376] 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 8/293/14610
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons in parliament
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petition asks the king to consider how his progenitors founded many houses of religion in England which are subject to other houses overseas, and how French monks are sent to govern these English houses, who do not understand English people or the manners of the land, so that through their ignorance these houses are often badly governed; and their heads have always refused to appoint English monks to these houses. It asks the king to write to these heads, asking them to appoint deputies or vicars in England, and to present to the king and other lords English-born monks to govern these houses, so that they can be properly governed, especially as most of the monks in these houses are English, and quite capable of governing them.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- France.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition follows closely the first part of a common petition on the parliament roll of 1376 (PROME, parliament of 1376, item 128) and seems to represent a first version of the final enrolled version.
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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)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), parliament of 1376, item 128 (enrolled version of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735772/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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