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Abbot of Chester King and council Abbot of Chester The abbot shows that the justiciar...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/38/1890
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This record is about the Abbot of Chester King and council Abbot of Chester The abbot shows that the justiciar... dating from [1335] 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 8/38/1890
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Chester
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Abbot of Chester
- Nature of request
- The abbot shows that the justiciar has pursued and distrained him to hold the mills of the earl in Chester against his will. He requests that the earl and justice be commanded that they do not pursue or distrain the abbot to hold the mills for a long time against his will and against the law of the land.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- The justice of Chester and the treasurer of the earl of Chester are to be called for consultation.2) Because the earl has certified that none of the abbot's predecessors have taken the mills at farm, but has been distrained to hold them by various distraints, and no evidence is shown by which the abbot ought to hold the mills, it seems to the council that the abbot be discharged, and that the abbot make satisfaction to the earl for the arrears for the farm from the time that he had held the mills.3) And after the business was shown before the great council and the things debated, because there was no reasonable cause that the abbot ought to hold the same mills, the abbot is to have a writ to discharge him of the mills according to the endorsement.
- Places mentioned
- Cheshire
- People mentioned
- Justiciar of the earl of Chester
- [Edward of Woodstock], Earl of Chester
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be firmly dated to 1335 by the writ addressed to the earl of Chester in accordance with the petition and response, and referring to the abbot's petition (CCR 1333-7, p.407).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier writ on the same matter enclosed with this petition see SC 8/38/1891
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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 1518
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.407 (writ to the earl in accordance with the petition and response))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062093/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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