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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 and convent of Furness King and council The Abbot and convent of Furness state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/47/2336
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Furness King and council The Abbot and convent of Furness state... 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 8/47/2336
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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 and convent of Furness
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Furness state that the king's ancestors by their deeds gave the Abbot and convent the right to take wood and other necessities in the forest of Lancaster, according to the tenor of the transcript attached to this bill, and that they were seised of this right until the Earl of Lancaster made a park in the said forest, enclosing all the best woods of the forest within this park, and refusing to let them enter, wrongly and contrary to the deeds of the king's ancestors. They request that when this has been inquired into, they might have grace and a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None, because on dorse of SC 8/47/2337]
- Places mentioned
- Fourneys (Furness), [Lancashire]
- Forest of Lancaster, [Lancashire]
- People mentioned
- [Thomas of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a copy of letters patent of Henry III formerly attached to this petition see SC 8/47/2337
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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 3325
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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. IV, 1338-1340, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.15 (exemplification of the Abbot's claim to have wood and other necessities in the Forest of Lancaster)
- The Coucher Book of Furness Abbey vol. II (3), ed. J. Brownbill, (Chetham Society, new series LXXVIII, 1919), pp.691-692 (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062547/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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