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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 abbey of Beaulieu in Hampshire Council The abbot and convent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/34/1664
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/34/1664
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1405]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of the abbey of Beaulieu in Hampshire
- Addressees
- Council
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent state that because of the mis-governance of John Gloucester late the abbot of the house the king took the abbey and its possessions into his hand for the relief of the house. Bray claims to have by the lease of Gloucester the farm of the manor of Tregonning and the church of St Keverne, and has occupied and still occupies the same by force, and takes the issues and profits and detains them without title with many charters and muniments of the house and will not deliver them or allow the abbot and convent or its guardians to have the manor or take the profits in contempt of the king to the damage and ruin of the house. The abbot and convent request that the council ordain a remedy in salvation of the house.
- Nature of endorsement
- The 20 of December in 7th year in the council of the lords the bishop of Bath, the chancellor and keeper of the privy seal it was agreed that a writ be made directed to Bray that he be before the council at the quinzene of St Hillary next on pain of £40 to answer the matters contained within the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Beaulieu, Hampshire
- Tregoman (Tregonning), Cornwall
- St Keverne, Cornwall
- People mentioned
- John Gloucestre (Gloucester), Abbot of Beaulieu
- William Bray
- [Henry Bowet], Bishop of Bath
- [Thomas Langley], Chancellor
- [Nicholas Bubwith], Keeper of the Privy Seal
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be dated accurately to 1405 by the date in the endorsement to 20 December 1405.
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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 642
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061861/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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