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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Stanley. King and council. Abbot of Stanley The abbot requests that the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/72/3573
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/72/3573
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Stanley.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Stanley
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests that the king order his justices to go to judgment concerning the manor of Berwick Basset of which his predecessor was disseised by Despenser, and for which he has sued at every parliament since the king's coronation, and has still not had justice.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.2) Let the tenor of the record and process in Chancery concerning this business be viewed, and the chancellor should call to him the justices and others of the council to come and examine the tenor, and if they find by the tenor that it is sufficiently enquired and searched for the king, and that the abbot has sufficiently pursued and shown his right then let justice be done to him.
- Places mentioned
- Stanley, Wiltshire
- Berwick Bassett, [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser, the father
- Philip Basset
- Geoffrey le Scrope.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter SC 8/157/7830
For a related petition see SC 8/207/10323
For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter see SC 8/159/7915
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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 7356
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1337-1339, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.193 (order to the justices to proceed to judgment)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107347/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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