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Abbot of Battle. King and council. Abbot of Battle [Damaged petition concerning the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/34/1658

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Reference
SC 8/34/1658
Date
[1307-1327]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Battle.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Abbot of Battle
Nature of request
[Damaged petition concerning the abbot of Battle]The abbot shows that he had impleaded Robert atte Bregge and others before the justices of the Bench that they took and carried away the goods and chattels of the abbot to the value of £20 at Dungeness. Bregge and the others responded that the place where the abbot stated that the trespass took place was within the liberty of the Cinque ports according to the letters close of Edward I, and they should not answer. The abbot said that they should not be excused by this, and that Dungeness pertained to their manor of Wye by their charter of William I, and not within the liberty. The abbot requests that the letters close should not undo the charter of William I.1)
Nature of endorsement
. . . William de Bereford . . . of this business at W[Westminster] . . . feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary . . .2) Afterwards in the presence of William de . . . before the council it was agreed . . . chancellor, justice of the Bench that . . . at the request to do . . . to the parties.
Places mentioned
Dengemareys (Dungeness), [Kent]
Romenale (Romney), [Kent]
Wye, [Kent].
People mentioned
Robert atte Bregge
Edward I, King of England
William I, King of England.
Note
Datable to the reign of Edward II on internal evidence.
Related material

For another petition from the abbot, see SC 8/15/737

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 683
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061855/

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