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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 Shap. King and council. The abbot and convent request a pardon....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/71/3530
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Shap. King and council. The abbot and convent request a pardon.... dating from [c. 1314] 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 8/71/3530
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1314]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Shap.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request a pardon. They were collectors of the clerical fifteenth in the diocese of Carlisle, and Clifford came and by force took £25 from them to the use of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram domino rege.
- Places mentioned
- Shap, [Westmorland]
- Carlisle diocese.
- People mentioned
- Robert de Clyfford (Clifford), then keeper of the March.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an acknowledgement of receipt by Clifford, originally attached to this petition, see C 146/6863
For another acknowledgement of receipt by Clifford, originally attached to this petition, see C 146/6864
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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 7227
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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)
- Three Petitions of Shap Abbey, R.J. Whitwell and W.N. Thompson, (Oxford Studies in Social and Legal Histo, 1905), pp.66-7 (edition, translation and discussion of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107304/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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