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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Croyland (Crowland). King and council. The abbot and convent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/83/4139
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Croyland (Crowland). King and council. The abbot and convent... dating from [c. 1330-c. 1335] 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 8/83/4139
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330-c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Croyland (Crowland).
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request remedy as it was adjudged at the last eyre of Northamptonshire that the abbot had sold a small piece of free land to his villeins of Wellingborough against the Statute of Mortmain. The land has been extended and the sum for each year since the purchase levied from them though they don't have anything for the purchase, nor is it against the Statute.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that when they have viewed the record and process for the eyre concerning this business, if they find by the record that the lands were taken for this reason let it be ordered by writ of the Exchequer to the sheriff that he make answer for the lands to the Exchequer, and that he answer for the issues of the land at the Exchequer, and that they discharge the abbot both of the issues of the land and the rent.
- Places mentioned
- Croyland (Crowland), [Lincolnshire]
- Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- There is no internal or external evidence with which to date this petition. It has been assigned to this span of years on the basis of its general appearance, its hand writing style, and the fact that Northamptonshire was visited by the eyre in 1329-30.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same house, see SC 8/83/4140
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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 1683
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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/C9148681/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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