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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Our Lady and St John of Alcester King The petitioners state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/28/1355
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Our Lady and St John of Alcester King The petitioners state... dating from [1449] 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 8/28/1355
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1449]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Our Lady and St John of Alcester
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that they have been greatly impoverished by grants and alienations made by predecessors of the abbot. They request that the king grant that the chancellor and the chief justices of the Benches have power at the abbot's suit to summon before them those people who have received such grants and alienations, and if any were made against faith and conscience and to the prejudice of the monastery that then they be declared void. Those who have paid more than they have received in profits should be satisfied for them at the discretion of the chancellor and justices.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] The commons assent to this bill.[On dorse] Let if be done as it is desired.
- Places mentioned
- Alcester, Warwickshire
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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 149
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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)
- English
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.206a-b (no.5) (full transcription of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061536/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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