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SJHO/7/4
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- c 1500- c 1600 (Creation)
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1 item; paper
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16th century copy of settlement made by bishop Eustace of Ely (1198-1215) and confirmed by bishop Hugh Northwold (1229-1254), re parochial rights of St John's Hospital and St Radegund's priory following a hearing before papal judges delegate.
Celebration of divine service is allowed to the hospital with the reservation that the sacrament shall be taken four times a year by its staff in the church of All Saints, that baptisms shall only take place in the hospital chapel when absolutely necessary, and that the offerings shall continue to be paid in the parish and tithes (other than those claimed on hospital buildings and benefactions) continue to be received. The hospital is allowed free right of burial. Witnesses include Master Alan de Welles.
This copy is taken from an unknown original (not former ref. D98.41)
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This was found in a tin box with items (former refs. given here pending completion of cataloguing) D98.156-169 in 1974 by archivist, Dr Malcolm Underwood. The tin box was marked 5 and at the time was in what was then called the new muniment room