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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Byland. King and council. Abbot of Byland The abbot requests that he be...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/35/1733
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This record is about the Abbot of Byland. King and council. Abbot of Byland The abbot requests that he be... dating from [c. 1322] 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 8/35/1733
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Byland.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Byland
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests that he be able to have the lands and tenements of which his church was at sometime enfeoffed and seised by Mowbray and his ancestors which are in the hand of the king, and to hold, use and enjoy in pure and perpetual alms as his predecessors had done until Mowbray by his power wrongfully ejected the abbot's predecessor and detained it all his life and this continued during the life of his son.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to show in Chancery what he has if anything concerning the contents, and the chancellor with the council are to ordain what should be done on this.Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Byland, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Moubray (Mowbray).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be dated to c. 1322 as the petition refers to the death of John son and heir of Roger de Mowbray who died on 23 March 1322. It would seem likely that the abbot was taking the opportunity of the death of the son to attempt to reclaim the land.
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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 396
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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/C9061932/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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