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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 the monastery of St German of Selby King 1) The petitioners...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/28/1363
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of the monastery of St German of Selby King 1) The petitioners... dating from [1455] 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 8/28/1363
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1455]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of the monastery of St German of Selby
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- 1) The petitioners state that much of their estates lie around several rivers, and are damaged by inundations of water, and that they are heavily burdened by the payment of tenths and subsidies. They request that it be granted that they do not need to pay more than £40 in any full subsidy, and provide for this in the act of resumption.2) Clause for inclusion in the act of resumption, that the act is not prejudicial to the abbot and convent's grant.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king by the advice of the lords spiritual and temporal agrees the proviso as it is desired during the life of the abbot. Following his death the king will resume into his hands the grants contained in the proviso to be at his pleasure.
- Places mentioned
- Selby, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- River Humber
- River Ouse
- River Trent
- River Aire
- River Don
- River Derwent
- York province
- Canterbury province
- York diocese
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by the heading in Rot. Parl. vol. V, p.278 making this from the parliament at Westminster in 33 Hen. VI (1455).
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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 7641
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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.308a-b (proviso for the abbot and convent in the act of resumption with minor differences from that found in the petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061545/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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