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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Westminster. King and council. The abbot and convent request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/78/3881
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Westminster. King and council. The abbot and convent request... dating from [1307-1324] 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 8/78/3881
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307-1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Westminster.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request that it be ordered that the bread and ale given to many clerks of the Exchequer and of the Receipt from the cellar of the abbey cease since it was a courtesy introduced by Abbot Ware when he was treasurer, and the same is still extorted from them.
- Nature of endorsement
- The treasurer and barons of the Exchequer are ordered to call before them the ministers of the Exchequer referred to in the petition in the presence of the abbot as to whether bread and ale was given of old, or more recently introduced. The king is to be certified upon this.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Richard de Ware, late Abbot of Westminster and treasurer.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition comes from Edward II's reign, and probably from early in the reign, as it refers to the late king, and also refers to one of Edward I's treasurers, Richard Ware, late abbot of Westminster, who died in 1283. The duplicate, SC 8/149/7411, can be dated to before 1324 by the death of John de Foxley, mentioned in the endorsement.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a duplicate differently endorsed see SC 8/149/7411
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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 8868
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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/C9107657/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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