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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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Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitallers) in England....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/293/14640
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This record is about the Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitallers) in England.... dating from [c. 1336] 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 8/293/14640
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1336]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitallers) in England.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitallers) in England
- Nature of request
- The Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England states that all the lands of his order and of the Order of the Temple in England are given in pure and perpetual alms and in defence of the Holy Land, and that, at the king's parliament in Nottingham, he granted him, in aid of the war in Scotland, 10 men at arms for a quarter of a year at his own expense, who remained, at the prior's expense, for almost three-quarters of a year. He requests a letter under the great seal that this grant will not in future be considered a custom.
- Nature of endorsement
- What he asks is reasonable; and for that reason it is agreed by the council that he is to have what he requests.
- Places mentioned
- Holy Land
- Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire]
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- Order of the Temple (Knights Templars).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to c. 1336 with reference to the parliament at Northampton and to CCR 1333-7 p.702, dated 24 August 1336.
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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 III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.702 (summons to the petitioner and others to attend a parliament at Nottingham, to do and consent to matters concerning the French and the Scots)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735802/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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