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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbess and convent of Elstow King The abbess and convent of Elstow request that the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/30/1499
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This record is about the Abbess and convent of Elstow King The abbess and convent of Elstow request that the... dating from [1320] 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 8/30/1499
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess and convent of Elstow
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The abbess and convent of Elstow request that the king cease demanding from them a pension for one of his clerks, by reason of the new creation of the abbess, as this has never previously been the custom, except for when the last prioress gave one at the king's request to the Countess of Hereford's lady-in-waiting.
- Nature of endorsement
- She is to go before the justices before whom the plea is pending, and state her reasons there: and justice is to be done to her.
- Places mentioned
- Aunestowe (Elstow), [Bedfordshire]
- People mentioned
- H[Henry] de Scrop (Scrope)
- [Elizabeth Plantagenet], Countess of Hereford
- Judith, Countess of Huntingdon
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament of October 1320.CCR 1318-23 p.119 is dated at Beverley, 30 December 1318.
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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 4
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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 II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.119 (memorandum that John de Houton has letters patent to the abbess and convent of Elstow to receive the pension due by reason of the new creation of the abbess)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.381 (no.90) (transcription of petition on roll of parliament: text unmodified)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061693/
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