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Abbot of Crowland. King and council Abbot of Crowland The abbot states that neither...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/41/2023A

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This record is about the Abbot of Crowland. King and council Abbot of Crowland The abbot states that neither... dating from [c. 1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/41/2023A
Date
[c. 1322]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Crowland.
Addressees
King and council
Occupation
Abbot of Crowland
Nature of request
The abbot states that neither he nor his predecessors hold anything in barony, not are amerced as barons in court until two years past when by error and misprision of clerks Bereford amerced them as barons. They have a writ of parliament that if the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer are able to find that they do not hold of by barony then the forfeit and error be amended. Nothing has been done on this whereby they request remedy.1)
Nature of endorsement
He should have a writ sicut alias in Chancery, so that the king no longer hears any complaint about this.2) Coram rege et magno consilio.
Places mentioned
Crowland, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
William de Berford (Bereford), justice in the Bench.
Note
The petition must date to around c. 1322. A writ was issued to the justices of the Bench concerning the resolution of the matter complained about in the petition. This is clearly not in direct response to the petition, but marks a later stage on from it, so that the petition must date to a short while before (CCR 1318-23, pp.442-3).
Related material

For the writ attached to this petition see SC 8/41/2023B

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter see SC 8/83/4140

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1369
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.442-3 (writ to the justices of the Bench concerning the matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062228/

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