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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Letter from Edward II to Henry le Scrop, stating that the abbot...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/18/868A
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/18/868A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter from Edward II to Henry le Scrop, stating that the abbot and convent of Thornton had petitioned him concerning various tenements in Carlton near Bassingham, which they had recovered before William de Bereford and his companions, justices, against Gervase Avenel and Joan his wife, and which John Walewayn, eacheator south of the Trent, had seized into the king's hand because the king had understood that Gervase and Joan were adherents of the Scottish rebels and enemies at the time. They were then given to Hugh le Despenser the younger, but reseized into the king's hand when he learned that Gervase and Joan were not adherents of the Scots. He is now asked for a remedy by the abbot and convent, and therefore asks Henry to send the record and process, with a transcript of the original writs and all other documents touching the matter, to the next parliament.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Carleton (Carlton le Moorland), [Lincolnshire]
- Bassingham, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [II], King of England
- Henry le Scrop (Scrope)
- Abbot and Convent of Thornton
- William de Bereford, justice
- Gervase Avynel (Avenel)
- Joan [Avynel (Avenel)] wife of Gervase Avenel
- Master John Walewayn, escheator south of the Trent
- Hugh le Despenser the younger.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The letter is dated to 1327 with SC 8/18/868E, the petition with which it was formerly enclosed. The letter itself is dated at Beverley, 28 December 12 Edward II (1318)
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a writ resulting from that petition see SC 8/18/868J
For related letters patent of Edward III see SC 8/18/868F
For instructions to the escheator resulting from that petition see SC 8/18/869B
For the inquisition held as a result of SC 8/18/868F see SC 8/18/868G
For the petition which this document supports see SC 8/18/868E
For a related writ from Edward II to the sheriff of Lincolnshire see SC 8/18/868C
For a transcript of related legal proceedings see SC 8/18/868D
For a letter resulting from that inquisition see SC 8/18/868H
For a related letter from Edward II to William de Bereford SC 8/18/868B
For a related petition, see SC 8/175/8743
For a later related petition see SC 8/18/869A
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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 7954
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061011/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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