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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 8/69/3449
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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 [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 8/69/3449
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Date (When the record was created)
- [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 state that an annual alms granted by King John to provide lights for their church is no longer paid. They request payment in future, and of the arrears, and state that they are ready to show their charters and writs of liberate.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Reading, [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- John, King of England
- Henry [III], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The Latin summary of this petition (Rot. Parl. vol. I, p.61a (no. 186)) is found on a roll ascribed by H. G. Richardson and G. O. Sayles to the Easter parliament of 1290 (The English Parliament in the Middle Ages, (London: Hambledon Press, 1981) XIX pp.146-147).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier but similar petition from the same petitioners, see SC 8/184/9184B
For a near-duplicate of this petition with only minor differences, see SC 8/69/3450
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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 6876
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.61a (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no. 218 (full edition and translation of this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107220/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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