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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 8/78/3884
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Westminster. King and council. The abbot and convent request... dating from [1312] 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 8/78/3884
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1312]
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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 the king confirm their charters made by the king's father, confirm the estate of their church, and in particular an exchange of their manor of Hodford for the manor of Hendon that Rous holds from them.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be by a fine of 100 marks to be paid at the next proffer.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Hendon, [Middlesex]
- Hodford, [Middlesex].
- People mentioned
- Roger Wellesworth, Escheator South of Trent
- Richard le Rous.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a subsequent petition by the same petitioner requesting the confirmation here granted to be made see SC 8/78/3885
For the inquisition ad quod damnum referred to in the petition see C 143/89/8
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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 8908
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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 II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.438 (licence for alienation in mortmain for the exchange)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107660/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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