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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 Westminster. King. The abbot and convent request that they be...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/78/3880
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Westminster. King. The abbot and convent request that they be... dating from [c. 1301] 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 8/78/3880
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1301]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Westminster.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request that they be granted some land in tenancy for a term of years so that they are able to be acquitted of a debt in which they are obliged for the king, and so that they may repair their house. The king has granted allowance in their farms and debts to other religious houses also obliged in this same debt, but the abbot and convent of Westminster have no such farms or debts.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should come before the treasurer and barons at the Exchequer and discuss with them some form of competency for the king's exoneration, but first they should show in the same place the letters that they have of the king, and a writ should be sent to the treasurer and barons on this.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1331 as the original allowance give to the other abbots and to the abbot of Westminster was made on 26 February 1301, and the petition is likely to be shortly after this (CCR 1296-1302, p.430).
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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 8767
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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 I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.430 (order to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to make allowance for the debt in the farms and debts owed to the crown)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107656/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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