| Order Number | CCA-DCc/ChAnt/C/187 |
| Title | Supplication |
| PreviousNumbers | A 149 (Norris); C 180 (late 19th c) |
| Date | 12 Jun 1487 |
| Description | From: William Sellyng, I, prior of Canterbury Cathedral Priory, and the chapter of Canterbury Cathedral Priory
To: [Pope Innocent VIII]
The prior has been sent by King Henry VII as his orator, to make obedience to the pope and the apostolic see. The prior asks for protection for himself, the chapter and their subjects and asks that all other things contained in the petition should be done. Annotated with the pope's fiat and signatures of other officials. Supplication not dated. [Date: date of the pope's fiat.]
Given at St Peter's Rome [Roma, Italy].
Endorsed with mongram of registration and note of entry in the papal registers in late 15th cent hands. |
| Extent | 1 doc |
| Physical Description | Paper, 1p, stained, foxed |
| Language | Latin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Open |
| Copies | Digitised |
| Publication Note | Calendared in Historical Manuscripts Commission Fifth Report (London, 1876), Appendix, p454
Noted in Balzani, 'Un'ambasciata inglese a Roma, Enrico VII ad Inocenzo VIII' (Rome, Societa Romana di Storia Patria, 1879), p21 |