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Abbot of Langdon. King. Abbot of Langdon The petitioner asks the king to order the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/56/2795
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/56/2795
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1336]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Langdon.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Langdon
- Nature of request
- The petitioner asks the king to order the treasurer, barons, and chamberlains of the exchequer to pay his expenses or make a convenient assignment in lieu. He shows that recently he was assigned by king and council to discuss in the company of Eleanor the king's sister, the performance and completion of her espousal to the duke. After the matter was completed he returned to England and accounted at the exchequer for his expenses in the journey (£19 15s 8d), for which he was assigned payment from the receipts of John Mauger, late sheriff of Hereford, by the treasurer who gave him a tally to deliver, but he has still not been paid, because the sheriff had not the means and is now dead, and the petitioner cannot levy from his goods and chattels.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let him explain the petition, as the sheriff had lands and tenements when he was in his office.
- Places mentioned
- Langdon, [Kent]
- Hereford, [Herefordshire].
- People mentioned
- Eleanor [of Woodstock], the king's sister
- [Reginald II], Duke of Guelders
- John Mauger, late sheriff of Hereford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The accounts of the abbot were made in 1331 in connection with a marriage formalized in 1332; but this petition must date to at least 1336 since it refers to John Mauger as the late sheriff of Herefordshire, and he quitted that office in Jan 1336.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the account to which the petition makes reference see E 101/310/19
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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 4945
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063013/
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