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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Canons of Chichester. [None specified]. The canons request that they are able to...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/346/E1375
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This record is about the Canons of Chichester. [None specified]. The canons request that they are able to... dating from [c. 1305] 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 8/346/E1375
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Canons of Chichester.
- Addressees
- [None specified].
- Nature of request
- The canons request that they are able to have the special grace of the king to purchase to their church £20 of land or rent notwithstanding the statute of mortmain. The late bishop and others have devised and given part of their goods to the church to have perpetual remembrances of masses and other benefices, and for the honour of the Trinity and St Richard.
- Nature of endorsement
- The request is not specific, therefore nothing can be done.
- Places mentioned
- [Chichester, [Sussex]].
- People mentioned
- Gilbert [de St Leofard], late bishop of Chichester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1305 as the bishop was dead by March 1305, when a licence was issued to elect a successor (CPR 1301-7, p. 315).
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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)
- Unsorted Miscellanea of the Exchequer (transferred August 1932).
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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, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.315 (note of news brought of the death of the bishop, with licence to elect)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736799/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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