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Abbot of St Benet of Hulme. King and council. Abbot of St Benet of Hulme The abbot...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/91/4503

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Reference
SC 8/91/4503
Date
[1321-1322]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of St Benet of Hulme.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Abbot of St Benet of Hulme
Nature of request
The abbot requests that he be satisfied for the rent from the manor of Scottow, which came into the late queen's hand for a term of years by the lease of Redham, and the rent owed to them has been in arrears since the manor came into the queen's hand.
Nature of endorsement
He should show what he has for the case and the king will be advised.
Places mentioned
Scottow, [Norfolk].
People mentioned
Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England
Bartholomew de Redham (Reedham).
Note
The petition dates to 1321-1322 as it is edited in Rot. Parl. I, p.410, and this group of petitions come from an original bundle from 15 and 16 Edw. II.
Related material

For transcript, see no.9 of PRO 31/7/102

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 462
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.410b (no.137) (full edition of original petition)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 387-415, no. 137 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149049/

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