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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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The Abbot and convent of St Mary's, York King and council The Abbot and convent of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/46/2251
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This record is about the The Abbot and convent of St Mary's, York King and council The Abbot and convent of... dating from [c. 1334] 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 8/46/2251
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The Abbot and convent of St Mary's, York
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of St Mary's, York, state that because of threats of murder, arson and destruction from the citizens and community of York, they have fled their abbey, and do not dare to return, both because of these threats and because the citizens seize their provisions as they are being taken to the abbey, through malice on false pretexts, although the king has granted by his charter that they are not to be seized for any trespass, contract or agreement. They ask the king and council to take a good and sufficient security from the Bailiffs and citizens of York who are now before the council, and also to impose a strict penalty on all the citizens and community, if they seize the abbey's provisions, or harm the Abbot and convent or their ministers and servants, and that this security and penalty might be entered in the rolls of Chancery or elsewhere, in case they go against this.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- York
- People mentioned
- The citizens and community of York
- the Bailiffs of York
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1334-8 pp.27-8 is dated at Westminster, 29 September 1334. It probably comes from an earlier stage of proceedings, as the petition mentions a grant that victuals are not to be seized. The petition is discussed in VCH York, vol.III, pp.109-110.
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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 9023
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.27-8 (grant that the victuals of the abbey are not to be distrained to compel the abbot's appearance in court, while there are lands and rents of the abbey in the city which can be distrained)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062461/
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