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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 8/78/3883
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/78/3883
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1344]
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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 remedy concerning disputes over the manors of Sippenham and Burnham.
- Nature of endorsement
- Good men are to be assigned to enquire of the points in the petition in the presence of the keeper of the manors and the inquisition is to be returned into Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Sippenham, [Buckinghamshire]
- Burnham, [Buckinghamshire]
- People mentioned
- William de Bokeland
- Gervase, former abbot of Westminster
- Edward II, king of England
- John de Moleyns.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable by reference to CPR 1343-5, p. 391.
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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 8900
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VI, 1343-1345, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.391 (resulting commission of inquiry)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107659/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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