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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 Reading. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Reading...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/68/3376
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Reading. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Reading... dating from [c. 1290] 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 8/68/3376
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Reading.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Reading complain that certain people have forged three bonds in their name: two attesting to debts to Jews, and one pretending to be for the deposit of £300 and various jewels of gold and silver. These are utterly false, and they request a remedy, in case these documents should be brought into the public domain, so that they might remain harmless. Further details can be given certain members of the Abbot's council, and they demand an explanation.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.In Chancery.He is to go to Chancery and have a writ coram rege.He has a writ to the Sheriff in the King's name, that the King is to have the bodies.
- Places mentioned
- Reading, [Berkshire]
- Wallingford, [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- Gilbert Pinzon of Reading
- Thomas Hykon of Wallingford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1281-92 pp.402 and 405 are undated, but to judge from the surrounding documents, appear to be from June or July 1290.
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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 6922
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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)
- Latin
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), pp.402 & 405 (two commissions to deliver the Tower of London of two Jews, in custody for counterfeiting the seals of the Abbot and convent of Reading, and sealing false writings with the counterfeits, involving large sums of money)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107147/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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