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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Croxden. King. Abbot of Croxden The abbot requests that he is granted the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/83/4142
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This record is about the Abbot of Croxden. King. Abbot of Croxden The abbot requests that he is granted the... dating from [1327] 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 8/83/4142
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Croxden.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Croxden
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests that he is granted the king's two tenants in Oke, as the remainder of the vill belongs to the abbot, and he will give to the king half a mark of rent in Stafford or Bridgnorth, which are both the king's.
- Nature of endorsement
- To Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Croxden, [Staffordshire]
- Oke, Staffordshire
- Stafford, [Staffordshire]
- Bridgnorth, [Shropshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1327 as the inquisition ad quod dampnum for the exchange was held in the first year of Edward III, and the grant of the exchange by the king was made on 5 October 1327 (C 143/196/12; CPR 1327-30, p.177).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later petition from the same house, see SC 8/230/11457
For the inquisition ad quod damnum concerning this exchange see C 143/196/12
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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 1687
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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 III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.177 (grant of the rent in exchange)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148684/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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