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Prioress and nuns of Armathwaite. [Not specified] [This petition is badly faded and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/340/16035

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This record is about the Prioress and nuns of Armathwaite. [Not specified] [This petition is badly faded and... dating from [? c. 1280-? c. 1310] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/340/16035
Date
[? c. 1280-? c. 1310]
Description
Petitioners
Prioress and nuns of Armathwaite.
Addressees
[Not specified]
Nature of request
[This petition is badly faded and largely illegible] The prioress and nuns of Armathwaite request a . . . in Glosefel.
Nature of endorsement
She is to have a writ to the justices . . . to deliver (?) . . .
Places mentioned
Armathwaite, [Cumberland]
Glosefel [unidentified].
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736516/

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SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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