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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Furness King Abbot of Furness The Abbot of Furness asks that, for his salvation...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/47/2333
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This record is about the Abbot of Furness King Abbot of Furness The Abbot of Furness asks that, for his salvation... dating from [1327] 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 8/47/2333
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Furness
- Addressees
- King
- Occupation
- Abbot of Furness
- Nature of request
- The Abbot of Furness asks that, for his salvation and that of his monks and the country against the Scots, that he might have permission to enclose a messuage called Fowdray in Furness, and to fortify and crenellate it, and to hold it without hindrance from anyone.
- Nature of endorsement
- Fiat (It is to be done).
- Places mentioned
- Fournays (Furness), [Lancashire]
- Fowdray (Piel Island), [Lancashire]
- Scotland
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated 1327 on the guard with reference to CPR 1327-30 p.169, the licence to crenellate issued in response to this petition, dated at Lincoln, 26 September 1327.
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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 3314
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.169 (licence for the Abbot and convent of Furness to crenellate their dwelling-house of Fotheray in Furness)
- The Coucher Book of Furness Abbey vol. II (3), ed. J. Brownbill, (Chetham Society, new series LXXVIII, 1919), p.695 (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062544/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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