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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/41/2023A
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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 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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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
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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 1369
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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 II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.442-3 (writ to the justices of the Bench concerning the matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062228/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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