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Abbot of Wellow. Commons in parliament. Abbot of Wellow The abbot states that inundations...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/25/1234B
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This record is about the Abbot of Wellow. Commons in parliament. Abbot of Wellow The abbot states that inundations... dating from [1427] 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 8/25/1234B
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1427]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Wellow.
- Addressees
- Commons in parliament.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Wellow
- Nature of request
- The abbot states that inundations of the sea have damaged the estates of the abbey to the ruination of the abbot and convent of the place. They hold the church of Clee to their own use from which the vicarage is deducted, and they request that the king grant to them that they might be able to appropriate the vicarage to them and their successors according to the form of the attached schedule
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be as it is desired by the petition, such that the petitioner find a secular chaplain to minister the sacraments and other divine offices in the parish of the church of Clee.
- Places mentioned
- Wellow, [Lincolnshire]
- Lincoln diocese
- Clee (Old Clee), [Lincolnshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1427 on the basis of the dating of the draft letters patent formerly appended to the petition which is to 1427, the letters patent being enrolled on 13 October of that year (CPR 1422-9, p.464).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the draft letters patent formerly appended to this petition see SC 8/25/1234A
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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 5000
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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 Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. I, 1422-1429 , (Public Record Office, 1901), p.464 (licence for the appropriation of Clee)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.365a-b (no.5) (full transcription of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061408/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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