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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Fecamps. King and council. Abbot of Fecamps The abbot requests a remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/81/4039
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This record is about the Abbot of Fecamps. King and council. Abbot of Fecamps The abbot requests a remedy... dating from [c. 1320] 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 8/81/4039
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Fecamps.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Fecamps
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests a remedy as Alayn has had a writ of Chancery to arrest the goods of the abbot in Sussex because he claims that his goods were taken in the power of the abbot. In response to a command of the king the abbot has done all he can and has notified the king of this but Alayn has proceeded with the writ.
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition is answered in the same manner as that of Steven Aleyn sewn to it.
- Places mentioned
- Fecamps, [Normandy, France]
- Normandy, [France]
- London
- Sussex.
- People mentioned
- Steven (Stephen) Alayn (Alan), citizen of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition, like SC 8/81/4038, dates to c. 1320 as it clearly closely follows on the order to the sheriff of Sussex to seize £100 worth of goods of the abbot (CCR 1318-23, p.259).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the letter of the abbot formerly enclosed with this see SC 8/81/4040
For the counter petition to this by Aleyn see SC 8/81/4038
For another petition by the same petitioner see piece 16183 in C 81/297
For a copy of a writ to the sheriff of Sussex see SC 8/81/4041
A letter concerning Stephen Aleyn is SC 8/195/9736
For a related petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/30/1489
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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 4919
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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 II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.259 (order to the sheriff of Sussex to take £100 worth of goods of the abbot into the king's hand)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148579/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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