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William of Clifton, abbot of Darley. Clifton William King and council. abbot of Darley...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/13/619
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/13/619
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1348]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William of Clifton, abbot of Darley.
- Name(s)
- Clifton, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- abbot of Darley
- Nature of request
- The abbot states that he holds lands in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire in pure and perpetual alms by the gift of Fitz Stephen, which has been confirmed by the king's progenitors, and as such does not pay aids to the king for the knighting of his son, and the marriage of his daughter except one payment to Edward I made in duress. The same is now demanded of the abbot and he has been distrained to pay the same. He requests a writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they should view the charters and confirmations, and if it is found that the abbot holds the lands in pure and perpetual alms, then they release the distresses and discharge the abbot of the aid from those lands and tenements notwithstanding the payment made to Edward I.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that when they have viewed the charters and confirmations, and searched the rolls and remembrances of the Exchequer and also summoned any of the justices if it is necessary to do so in discharging the abbot as law and reason demand.
- Places mentioned
- Darley, [Derbyshire]
- Pentrich, [Derbyshire]
- Ripley, [Derbyshire]
- Chilwell, [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Ralph son of Stephen (Fitz Stephen).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This is dated to 1348 by the details given in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.175; see also PROME, parliament of January-February 1348, appendix, no. 40. The aid in question was undoubtedly that for the knighting of Edward III's eldest son, granted in 1346.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a letter of 1333 by the abbot on a related matter, which was presumably submitted with this petition see SC 8/13/620
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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 2589
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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. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.183b-184a (no.37) (full edition of a later copy 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), parliament of January-February 1348, appendix, no. 40 (summary of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060758/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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