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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Croyland (Crowland). King and council. Abbot of Croyland (Crowland) The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/83/4140
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This record is about the Abbot of Croyland (Crowland). King and council. Abbot of Croyland (Crowland) The... dating from [c. 1322] 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 8/83/4140
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Croyland (Crowland).
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Croyland (Crowland)
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests remedy as he has been amerced in two sums as a baron though he does not hold as a baron or of a barony but of free alms by the foundation of the king's progenitors, and has asked for this to be enquired of by the Book of Fees and Domesday, and following the enquiry the treasurer and barons still did not wish to discharge him.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered by writ of Chancery to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer . . . upon the contents in the petition to do justice to the abbot . . . if necessary calling to them the justices of the Bench . . . and let it be ordered to them that they command that the abbot . . .2) He should wait . . .
- Places mentioned
- Croyland (Crowland), [Lincolnshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition must date to around c. 1322. A writ was issued to the justices of the Bench concerning the resolution of the matter complained about in the petition. This may be in direct response to the petition, but could mark a later stage on from it, so that the petition possibly dates to a short while before (CCR 1318-23, pp.442-3).
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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 8/83/4139
For a writ appended to SC 8/41/2023A see SC 8/41/2023B
For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter see SC 8/41/2023A
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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 1718
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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/C9148682/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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