| Entry No: | 1 |
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| Entry Type: |
Letter/s
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| Section Type: |
Diverse letters
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| Summary: | Letters to the Official of the Court of York or his commissary general, with copies also sent to the dean and chapter of York and heads of the following religious houses: Selby; Whitby; Fountains; Rievaulx; Byland; Meaux; Welbeck; Rufford and Watton, concerning an indulgence of 40 days for all those praying for the soul of King Edward II and for priests saying three masses with the office of the dead for him before Christmas. |
| Subject: |
Prayers
Masses
Indulgences
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| Referenced By: |
Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 77-78.
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| Dates: | |
| Date: | 1327/10/23 (certain) |
| Date role: | document date |
| Place: | |
| Name Authority: |
Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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| Role: |
place of dating
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| Type: |
archbishop's manor
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| Person: | |
| Name Authority: |
Edward II, 1284-1327, King of England
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| Person / Group: |
person
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| Person / Group: |
male
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| Role: |
deceased
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| Descriptor: |
king
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