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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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Abbot and convent of Our Lady of Graces beside the Tower of London (St Mary Graces)....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/345/E1334
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Our Lady of Graces beside the Tower of London (St Mary Graces).... dating from [? 1470-? 1485] 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 8/345/E1334
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1470-? 1485]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Our Lady of Graces beside the Tower of London (St Mary Graces).
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent state that the king commanded his chancellor to assign certain persons of his council to examine the evidence, title and right that the petitioners have in certain lands and tenements as appears in a bill presented to the king on the 14 November last. The chancellor assigned Hussey, Tremayle and Hodye who made the examination, and the petitioners request that that one of the sergeants-at-arms or another be commanded to call before the king Hussey, Tremayle and Hodye, and command them to relate their findings so that the petitioners may have knowledge whether their interest, title and right be good in law or not.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Tower of London, London
- London.
- People mentioned
- William Huse (Hussey), chief justice [of King's Bench]
- Tremayle, king's sergeant
- Hodye, king's attorney.
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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)
- English
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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/C9736755/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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