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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Copy of letter from the abbot to Edward III, reciting letters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/13/620
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Copy of letter from the abbot to Edward III, reciting letters... dating from [1348] 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 8/13/620
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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
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Copy of letter from the abbot to Edward III, reciting letters of Edward III concerning a contribution towards the marriage of Eleanor, the king's sister to the count of Guelders, to which the abbot declined to contribute, for reasons which the king thought inadequate, and requesting him to respond more favourably. The abbot declines again to make a contribution because the house is impoverished and oppressed by many problems.
- Nature of endorsement
- Domino regi.By the abbot and convent of Darley.
- Places mentioned
- Darley, [Derbyshire]
- People mentioned
- William [of Clifton], Abbot of Darley
- Edward III, King of England
- Eleanor, [Countess of Guelders] wife of Reginald, Count of Guelders and sister to Edward III
- [Reginald], Count of Guelders.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The letter is dated to 1348 with SC 8/13/620, the petition with which it was formerly enclosed. The letter itself is dated to 1333 by the two dating clauses. The aid in question was that taken by Edward III for the marriage of his sister in 1332.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition by the abbot, see SC 8/13/619
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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 789
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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)
- Latin
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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) (later petition by the abbot on a related matter)
- 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 later petition on the matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060759/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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