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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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The Abbot and convent of Leicester. King and council. The abbot and convent request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/4/192
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This record is about the The Abbot and convent of Leicester. King and council. The abbot and convent request... dating from [1322] 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 8/4/192
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The Abbot and convent of Leicester.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request that they have and be able to use the things given to them by various earls of Leicester in the enjoyment of which they have been disturbed by the king's keepers and ministers who have taken these things into the king's hand on account of the forfeiture of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- They should show their charters, and the truth of the matter should be inquired into by faithful men to be assigned to this, and the inquisition returned. Let justice be done.2) Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Leicester, [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- Robert, late Earl of Leicester
- Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
- Simon [de Montfort], Earl of Leicester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1322 as is noted in the heading in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.387. and because the petition makes reference to the fall of Thomas of Lancaster, so it must be later than 16 March 1322.
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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 5253
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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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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.388b (no.9) (full edition of original petition)
- 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), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl., vol. I, pp. 387-415, no. 9 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060312/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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