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Abbot of Selby King Abbot of Selby Request for exception of Selby Abbey from the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/27/1350

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Reference
SC 8/27/1350
Date
[1450]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Selby
Addressees
King
Occupation
Abbot of Selby
Nature of request
Request for exception of Selby Abbey from the terms of the act of resumption.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Selby, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Note
Firmly dated by reference to Rot. Parl. Vol. V, p. 187b.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7734
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. IV, 1441-1446, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.398 (letters patent of Henry VI referred to in the petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.187b (incorporation of the petition into a longer schedule of exemptions requested from the act of resumption)
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