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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
Abbot and convent of Cockersand. King and council. The abbot and convent of Cockersand...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/19/903
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Cockersand. King and council. The abbot and convent of Cockersand... dating from [1378-1385] 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 8/19/903
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1378-1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Cockersand.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent of Cockersand request confirmation of their charters with the clause 'licet', without paying a fine, as they are poor and at continual risk of being destroyed by the sea.
- Nature of endorsement
- This is to be discussed with the king.
- Places mentioned
- Cockersand, Lancashire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CChR 1341-1417 pp.298-9 is dated at Westminster, 8 April 1385. However, this petition is in Rot. Parl. vol. III, p.52b (no. 8) among petitions from 1378. A note on the guard says '?1385, cf. Charter R. p.298, but may be earlier', so the petition has been dated between these two dates.
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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 1967
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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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- Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. V, 15 Edw III - 5 Hen V, 1341-1417, (Public Record Office, 1916), pp.298-9 (inspeximus and confirmation of charters of the abbot and convent)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.52b (no.8) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061056/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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