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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Dean and chapter of Wells cathedral. Chancellor and council. The dean and chapter...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/332/15740
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This record is about the Dean and chapter of Wells cathedral. Chancellor and council. The dean and chapter... dating from [1401] 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 8/332/15740
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1401]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Dean and chapter of Wells cathedral.
- Addressees
- Chancellor and council.
- Nature of request
- The dean and chapter of Wells cathedral request that letters patent granting Gamull houses lately occupied by Stone in Wells be repealed, since the houses were granted to the chapter of Wells forever by Atebere for an obit for his soul, which grant was confirmed by Roger, late bishop of Bath and Wells.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Wells, [Somerset]
- Bath, [Somerset].
- People mentioned
- [Edmund Stafford, bishop of Exeter], chancellor
- Richard de Atebere, late canon of Wells
- Henry III, King of England
- Roger [of Salisbury], late bishop of Bath and Wells
- prior and chapter of Bath
- Gilbert Stone, late canon of Wells
- John Gamull, canon of Wells.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1401 when Gamull was granted the houses as mentioned in the petition (CPR 1399-1401, p. 473).
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.473 (grant to Gamull of houses late of Stone)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.29 (ratification of estate of Walter Craas, canon of Wells, in houses late of Stone)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736331/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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