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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 Abingdon. King. The Abbot and convent of Abingdon complain of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/88/4379
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Abingdon. King. The Abbot and convent of Abingdon complain of... dating from [1327-1328] 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 8/88/4379
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Abingdon.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Abingdon complain of numerous violent attacks on the Abbey, its monks, its property and its franchises by the townspeople of Abingdon, and request a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is agreed by the council that the Abbot is to appear in Chancery and advise the court how he can best be helped by the law; and the Chancellor has been told to let him have the recovery and remedy that he can, according to [law] and reason, for the grievances contained in the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Abingdon, [Berkshire]
- Bagley Wood, [Berkshire]
- Hormer hundred, [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- The community of Abingdon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1327-30 pp.221-222 is dated 6 January 1328, and p.287 is dated 2 March 1328. Between them they seem to contain most of the grievances mentioned here.
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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 101
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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. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), pp.221-222 (oyer et terminer granted on the complaint of the Abbot and convent) & p.287 (another oyer et terminer)
- Law and Order in Fourteenth-Century England: The Evidence of Special Commissions of Oyer and Terminer, R. W. Kaeuper, (Whiting & Co., London, 1979), p.760 (discussion of petition and summary of response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148921/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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