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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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Mayor and barons of Rye. Chancellor. The mayor and barons of Rye request that Sharp...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/332/15748
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This record is about the Mayor and barons of Rye. Chancellor. The mayor and barons of Rye request that Sharp... dating from 1396 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 8/332/15748
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1396
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and barons of Rye.
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- The mayor and barons of Rye request that Sharp be accepted as keeper and governor of the hospital of St Bartholomew, Rye, which now lies ruined as it has been vacant for so long, and that the bishop of Chichester be informed.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Rye, [Sussex].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Arundel, archbishop of York], chancellor
- John Sharpe (Sharp), chaplain
- [Robert Waldby], bishop of Chichester
- Richard II, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated internally to 19 July 1396.
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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 Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.46 (presentation of Sharp in accordance with petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736339/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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