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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Abingdon. King and council. Abbot of Abingdon The abbot requests a suitable...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/84/4174
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This record is about the Abbot of Abingdon. King and council. Abbot of Abingdon The abbot requests a suitable... dating from [c. 1348-c. 1372] 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 8/84/4174
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1348-c. 1372]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Abingdon.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Abingdon
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests a suitable remedy be ordained as although he is lord of the town the people of the town pursue him and make great claims upon him against reason and to the destruction of him and his house so that he and the monks are unable to make their alms and sing for the king and his progenitors.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let good people be assigned to hear and determine both the suit of the king and of the party concerning the misprisons made in this part.
- Places mentioned
- Abingdon, [Oxfordshire].
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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 223
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. IX, 1350-1354, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.456 (oyer and terminer concerning damage done to the abbots market and fair in the town etc.)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1348-1350, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.62 (oyer and terminer concerning damage done to the abbots market and fair in the town etc.)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIV, 1367-1370, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.283 (restoration of the town to the abbot during an ongoing suit concerning the abbot's extortions against the townspeople)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XV, 1370-1374, (Public Record Office, 1914), pp.283-4 (restoration of the town with clause that all those who felt themselves aggrieved to sue at the common law)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148716/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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