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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the Isle of Thanet. King and council. The people of the Isle of Thanet...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/75/3729
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This record is about the People of the Isle of Thanet. King and council. The people of the Isle of Thanet... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1350] 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 8/75/3729
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the Isle of Thanet.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of the Isle of Thanet make two requests:1) They state that the Abbot of St Augustine of Canterbury is claiming certain rights in a lathe that always used to belong to the king, and ask that they might be maintained in the estate in which they always have been.2) They state that it was found in the last Eyre that Roger, formerly Abbot of St Augustine of Canterbury, had stopped up a watercourse leading to the vill of Minster, along which merchandise was carried, to their great harm, but that judgment has been adjourned. They ask that the record of this might be sought out, and judgment given.
- Nature of endorsement
- With regard to the first petition: they are to have a writ in the name of the King and of the same tenants that, whereas the lord King and his ancestors always hitherto used to have presentations etc. in their aforesaid lathe, in all things belonging to the view, so that the Abbot or his predecessors never used to have any presentations in his hundreds, except for the breaking of the assize of bread and ale, the Abbot is to be attached before the King on this, to answer etc.With regard to the second: they are to explain where the record is, and a writ is to be issued to have it brought etc.; and justice is to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Isle of Thanet, [Kent]
- Ringslow hundred, [Kent]
- Canterbury, [Kent]
- Minster, [Kent]
- Bleangate hundred, [Kent]
- Cornilo hundred, [Kent]
- Downhamford hundred, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- Abbot of St Augustine of Canterbury
- Roger, formerly Abbot of St Augustine of Canterbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated impressionistically to the first half of the fourteenth century on the basis of the hand; the reference to the eyre of Kent does not make it clear how much time had elapsed since those sessions, and attempts at establishing eyres in the county were made by the crown during interregna in the archbishopric of Canterbury through to 1348.
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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 8103
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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/C9107503/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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