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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Holmcoltran (Holmcultram) King The Abbot and convent of Holmcoltran...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/52/2588
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Holmcoltran (Holmcultram) King The Abbot and convent of Holmcoltran... dating from [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 8/52/2588
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Holmcoltran (Holmcultram)
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Holmcoltran ask to be pardoned the 20 marks they owe the king for provisions bought from him during the last Scottish war, when the Scots were raiding and destroying in those parts before the battle of Berwick, as they are very poor on account of war damage.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.They are to have respite until next Michaelmas, and in the meantime they are to sue to the king to have grace.
- Places mentioned
- Holmcoltran (Abbey Town), [Cumberland]
- Scotland
- Berwick upon Tweed, [Northumberland]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1333-7 p.306 is dated at York, 4 March 1334.
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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 4131
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.306 (order to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to give the Abbot and convent respite from their debt until next Michaelmas)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.122-3 (no.88) (summary of petition and references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062803/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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