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? No Petitioner named Memorandum outlining the findings by the treasurer and barons...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/78/3879

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Memorandum outlining the findings by the treasurer and barons... dating from [1324] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/78/3879
Date
[1324]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Memorandum outlining the findings by the treasurer and barons of a search of the memoranda rolls ordered by Edward I concerning the withdrawal of the tithes from the farm of the vill of Droitwich, and of the abbot and convent of Westminster's rights to the exaction of the tithes.
Nature of endorsement
It seems to the council, if it pleases the king, that it is reasonable that they have the tithes or that allowance is made to them if the contents of the petition are true.
Places mentioned
Droitwich, [Worcestershire].
People mentioned
Edward I, King of England
Henry III, King of England
Abbot of Westminster
[William Longespee], Earl of Salisbury
John, King of England
Eleanor of Provence, Queen of England.
Note
Apparently firmly dated by reference to CCR 1323-7, p. 238; and see SC 8/78/3878.
Related material

For a related document, see SC 8/77/3843

For the petition to which this document was attached, see SC 8/78/3878

For a related petition, see SC 8/77/3842

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8753
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.238 (resulting order to the Exchequer)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107655/

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