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The Abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury. King and council. The Abbot of St Augustine's,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/88/4376

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This record is about the The Abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury. King and council. The Abbot of St Augustine's,... dating from [? 1340] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/88/4376
Date
[? 1340]
Description
Petitioners
The Abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
The Abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury
Nature of request
The Abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury, states that William I gave his church £10 of rent from his manor of Milton in Kent, of which they were seised until the time when John de Florence held the manor for term of life. The Abbot sued a petition in parliament, claiming his right, and was answered that the Chancellor should examine the Abbot's right, and summon Benedict de Fulham, who holds the manor on lease from Queen Philippa, to give his reasons why this rent should not be paid. Benedict, however, states that he is just the farmer of the manor, and cannot charge or discharge it; so they have not taken the matter further in Chancery, but have given the Abbot a day. The Abbot asks the King to order the Chancellor that if he can find, by record, inquisition, or in some other manner, that the rent is due to him, that he might then be paid the rent and its arrears.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Canterbury, [Kent]
Middleton (Milton), Kent.
People mentioned
William [I], King of England
Benedict de Fulham
Philippa [of Hainault], Queen of England
John de Florence.
Note
No. 12711 of C 81/263 is dated 1 April 14 Edward 3 (1340), and seems likely to be the result of this petition rather than of the previous one.
Related material

For an order to the Chancellor to do justice to the petitioner, if he can find that he has been paid this £10, see no. 12711 of C 81/263

For transcript, see p.101 of PRO 31/7/141

For a petition that appears to be the one referred to here, see SC 8/256/12797

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 90
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148918/

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