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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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Master and brethren of the Temple (Templars). King. The master and brethren request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/346/E1383
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This record is about the Master and brethren of the Temple (Templars). King. The master and brethren request... dating from [? c. 1300-1312] 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/E1383
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1300-1312]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master and brethren of the Temple (Templars).
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The master and brethren request respite of a debt that they owe the king for fines, issues and amercements that have come in demand by diverse parcels in diverse counties that amounts to 60 marks, until a certain time when they and other fines, issues and amercements that they owe to the king can be allowed in the great debt of 2,000 marks that the king owes them by letters of obligation.
- Nature of endorsement
- The treasurer grants that they should have respite as far as etc. in all counties where the debt within written is demanded because the king is bound to them in a great sum.And have a writ of respite as far as upon account [...] by fine made in Chancery for various sums from the fines for entering several lay fees [specified] in Lincolnshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, and from forfeited issues.
- Places mentioned
- Suthtweme (South Witham), [Lincolnshire]
- Theulesby (Thealby), [Lincolnshire]
- Rowston, [Lincolnshire]
- Brauncewell, [Lincolnshire]
- Temple Guiting, [Gloucestershire]
- Great Sutton, [Wiltshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to? c. 1300-1312 on the basis of the hand and because the Templars were dissolved in 1312.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736807/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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