The Abbot and convent of Faversham King The Abbot and convent of Faversham make two...

Petitioners

The Abbot and convent of Faversham

Addressees

King

Nature of request

The Abbot and convent of Faversham make two requests:1) They request confirmation of their charters, and strengthening of their franchises, as in the matter of full return of writs and of outfangthief, which have fallen into disuse through the negligence of their bailiffs, as Sheriffs and other ministers of the king have been entering their manors to the disinheritance of their church and harm of their franchises.2) They request a fair at Tring for eight days at the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul, and a market every Tuesday.

Nature of endorsement

The king has written by writ of the privy seal, and the business is entrusted to certain auditors; and it will be done according to the form of the command.

Places mentioned

Faversham, [Kent]

Trenge (Tring), [Hertfordshire]

Leghe [unidentified]

People mentioned

John de Appelton of Leghe

A duplicate of this petition without endorsement is SC 8/193/9601

A warrant to the Chancellor and Treasurer to confirm the Abbot and convent's charters, and to inform him whether it is to his harm to grant them the fair and market is piece 109 of C 81/1328

• Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.417 (order to the Chancellor and Treasurer to call the justices and others of the council, examine the charters, and inform the King what confirmation can be made and how much should be paid)
• Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. III, Edw I and Edw II, 1300-1326, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.284 (grant of a fair and market to the petitioners, as requested) & p.289 (inspeximus and confirmation of various charters belonging to the petitioners)