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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 Tavistock. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Tavistock...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/75/3720
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Tavistock. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Tavistock... dating from [c. 1298-c. 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 8/75/3720
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1298-c. 1311]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Tavistock.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Tavistock state that they hold certain isles in the sea between Cornwall and Ireland, of which the largest is called Scilly, to which ships come passing between France, Normandy, Spain, Bayonne, Gascony, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Cornwall: and, because they feel that in the event of a war breaking out between the kings of England and France, or between any of the other places mentioned, they would not have enough power to do justice to these sailors, they ask that they might exchange these islands for lands in Devon, saving the churches on the islands appropriated to them.
- Nature of endorsement
- An inquisition is to be held into the contents by Walter de Gloucestre, the King's Escheator, and by Thomas de la Hyde, so that the Escheator inquires in person; and the inquisition is to be returned before the King's council.
- Places mentioned
- Tavistock, [Devon]
- Cornwall
- Ireland
- Isles of Scilly
- France
- Normandy
- Spain
- Bayonne
- Gascony
- Scotland
- Wales
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- Walter de Gloucestre (Gloucester), Escheator [South of the Trent]
- Thomas de la Hyde.
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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. Thepeittion is possibly before 1306, as CPR 1301-7 p.480 (dated 22 November 1306) has the king granting commissions of oyer et terminer in the Isles, and mentions a coroner, whom CPR 1307-13 p.258 says is the king's.
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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 8096
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107494/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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