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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 St Peter's, Gloucester. King and council. The Abbot and convent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/67/3324
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of St Peter's, Gloucester. King and council. The Abbot and convent... dating from [1298-1311] 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 8/67/3324
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1298-1311]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of St Peter's, Gloucester.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of St Peter's, Gloucester, state that most of their tenants live in Dudstone hundred, and have been so impoverished by the distraints and harsh treatment of the sheriffs that some have left their lands and others are on the point of doing so. The ask that they might be able to hold the hundred in fee, for the alleviation of their tenants, paying the king as much as the hundred ever has paid, or otherwise, according to his will.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ of Chancery is to be sent to Walter de Gloucester, the King's Escheator on this side of the Trent, to inquire in person if it is to the harm etc., and to return the inquisition etc.
- Places mentioned
- Gloucester, [Gloucestershire]
- Dudstone hundred, Gloucestershire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Walter de Gloucestre was Escheator south of the Trent between 26 May 1298 and 26 April 1311; but the inquisition ad quod damnum, C 143/119/1, is held much later, in 9 Edward II (8 July 1315-7 July 1316). A note on the guard notes this, and suggests '? 1309' without giving a reason.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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An inquisition ad quod damnum into this case is C 143/119/1
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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 3820
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.478a-b (no.106) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107095/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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