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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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The Abbot of St Albans King and council The Abbot of St Albans The Abbot claims that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/30/1482
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/30/1482
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The Abbot of St Albans
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- The Abbot of St Albans
- Nature of request
- The Abbot claims that although the franchise of his Abbey comprises a sixth of the county of Hertfordshire, and has always answered for this proportion of the taxes, tallages, and other charges due from the county, William le Baud and Geoffrey de La Lee, arrayers of hobelars and archers from the county, charge the franchise for a greater proportion: for which he requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- The said arrayers are to be ordered, by a writ containing the effect of this petition, that if this is the custom, they are not to distrain the franchise beyond what used always to be done in the past.
- Places mentioned
- St Albans, [Hertfordshire]
- People mentioned
- William le Baud
- Geoffrey de [La Lee]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1334-8 p.132 is dated at Newcastle upon Tyne, 24 June 1335. CCR 1333-7 p.470 is dated at Nottingham, 27 March 1335.
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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 55
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.470 (order to William Baud and Geoffrey de la Lee to supervise the preparations of men at arms from Hertfordshire, and to give the king their names)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.132 (commission to William Baud and Geoffrey de la Lee to levy £40 in Hertfordshire for relief from 20 hobelers and 60 archers)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061675/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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