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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Copy of a letter from the abbot to Edward II in response to...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/81/4040
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Copy of a letter from the abbot to Edward II in response to... dating from [c. 1320] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/81/4040
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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
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Copy of a letter from the abbot to Edward II in response to a letter directed to him by the king concerning the seizure of the goods of Alain, and the abbot's response to this.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because the plea is pending . . . in Chancery upon the contents in the petition just as . . . the petition should be delivered into Chancery and those who ought to be called be called . . . and let justice be done there . . .
- Places mentioned
- Fecamps, [Normandy, France].
- People mentioned
- Robert, Abbot of Fecamps
- Edward II, King of England
- Stephen Alain (Alan), merchant and burgess of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The letter, though having a dating clause, does not have a regnal year to precisely date the petition. However, the petition is unlikely to differ much in date from SC 8/81/4038 and 4039.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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
For the petition of the abbot formerly enclosed with this see SC 8/81/4039
For the counter petition of of Aleyn see SC 8/81/4038
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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 4920
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9148580/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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