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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
Item
? No Petitioner named [Letter of Richard de Clare addressed with much affection presumably...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/342/16138
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named [Letter of Richard de Clare addressed with much affection presumably... dating from [c. 1280-1296] 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 8/342/16138
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1280-1296]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- [Letter of Richard de Clare addressed with much affection presumably to a more senior member of his order, and making the following requests:]1) Clare requests that his addressee will request to the earl of Cornwall that neither he nor his bailiffs of Chichester will permit the friars' place, goods and people be disturbed or molested.2) Clare requests letters patent of protection of the king for a year at least if it is possible of the people, place and things of Chichester.3) He requests that the king will write to the mayor and Taverner that they desist from all vexations and disturbances of the friars residing in the town, since others have written to them upon this cordially and they have done nothing on this but have done worse.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Chichester, [Sussex].
- People mentioned
- Richard de Clare
- Augustinian friars of Chichester
- [Edmund of Almaine], earl of Cornwall
- Mayor of Chichester
- Nicholas le Taverner, citizen of Chichester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1280-1296 because the letter's first request is to be directed to the earl of Cornwall, and the hand indicates that this must be Edmund of Almaine who died in 1296.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Miscellaneous Roll 22/5/8 (transferred 7/10/1924).
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736619/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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