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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 Langdon. King. The petitioners seek the king's special grace...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/56/2796
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Langdon. King. The petitioners seek the king's special grace... dating from [c. 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 8/56/2796
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Langdon.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek the king's special grace to buy from Thomas and Isabella in pure and perpetual alms a rent of 100s and 130 acres of land in Woodnesborough, with the homage of John Gerard and his coparceners of half the fee of Elmstead, which rent and land are worth 100s each year and held of the king's fee to Leeds Castle. Three chaplains in the house of Langdon will perpetually chant for the soul of King Edward, the king's father, and for the souls of Thomas and Isabella. The Abbot and convent will maintain the aforesaid chantry forever and are willing to exchange the rent and land for other of the same value in another of the king's fees.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Langdon, [Kent]
- Woodnesborough, [Kent]
- Elmerstede (Elmstead), [Kent]
- Dover, [Kent]
- Leeds Castle, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- Thomas Archer of Dover
- Isabella [Archer], wife of Thomas Archer
- John Gerard
- Edward II, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable on the basis of internal evidence to the beginning of the reign of Edward III, and after the death of Edward II.
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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 4809
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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/C9063014/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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