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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
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The abbot and convent of Abingdon King The abbot and convent of Abingdon complain...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/30/1468
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This record is about the The abbot and convent of Abingdon King The abbot and convent of Abingdon complain... dating from [1330] 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 8/30/1468
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The abbot and convent of Abingdon
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent of Abingdon complain that their abbey and several of their manors have been burnt and destroyed, and chalices, vestments and other ornaments stolen, and ask that, in order to restore their abbey, they might appropriate their church of Lewknor and hold it for their own use: and that he might write to the pope and others in the Roman curia who might help, in aid of this appropriation.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Abingdon, [Berkshire]
- Lewknor, [Oxfordshire]
- Rome, [Italy]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1327-30 p.525 is dated at Woodstock, 18 May 1330.Piece 3561 of C 81/171 is dated at Woodstock, 14 May 1330.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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An order to the Chancellor to write to the pope and others on this matter, and formerly enclosed with this petition, is piece 3561 of C 81/171
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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 33
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.525 (licence for the Abbot and convent of Abingdon to appropriate the church of Lewknor)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061661/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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