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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Tewkesbury. King and council. Abbot of Tewkesbury The Abbot of Tewkesbury...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/76/3788
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This record is about the Abbot of Tewkesbury. King and council. Abbot of Tewkesbury The Abbot of Tewkesbury... dating from [c. 1295] 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 8/76/3788
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Tewkesbury.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Tewkesbury
- Nature of request
- The Abbot of Tewkesbury states that the King's bailiffs are refusing to pay tithes for the King's meadows in the parish of St James, Bristol, which the Abbot holds for his own use; and he requests a remedy for this. A previous petition on this subject was sent by the council to the Exchequer, for the Bishop of Bath, then Treasurer, to summon the Constable of Bristol to explain why he should not pay these tithes: but nothing was done about this.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to go the Exchequer as before, and justice etc. is to be done to him there.
- Places mentioned
- Tewkesbury, [Gloucestershire]
- Bristol, [Gloucestershire].
- People mentioned
- [William March], Bishop of Bath and Wells
- Constable of Bristol.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition must date from shortly after the dismissal of William March, Bishop of Bath and Wells, as Treasurer in August 1295.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/325/E707
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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 8081
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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/C9107562/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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