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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Warden. King. The abbot and convent state that whereas Henry...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/1/38
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Warden. King. The abbot and convent state that whereas Henry... dating from [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 8/1/38
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Warden.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent state that whereas Henry III, king of England, father of the current king, by his charter granted to them an annuity of 20 marks for the damage that was done in their wood of Putnoe in the time of the siege of Bedford castle, which annuity they were seised of for the life of Henry III; they were also seised of it in the time of the current king in the form according to their charter until now for 20 years. The abbot and convent request that if the king wishes it he should order that the annuity should continue.
- Nature of endorsement
- The abbot and convent should come by a writ of Chancery to the Exchequer and show their charter and when the annuity was assigned to them, and let justice be done by the treasurer and barons.
- Places mentioned
- Bedeford (Bedford), [Bedfordshire]
- Puttenho (Putnoe), [Bedfordshire]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1305 based on Rot. Parl., vol I, p.159.
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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)
- Parliamentary Petition 8536
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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)
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- Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), p.148 (Latin summary and full edition of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.170a-b (95) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 12, appendix, no. 245 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060150/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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