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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas de Packington, Abbot of Burton. de Packington Thomas King. Abbot of Burton...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/92/4593
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/92/4593
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1293]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Packington, Abbot of Burton.
- Name(s)
- de Packington, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Burton
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests remedy concerning the bailiff of his predecessor . . . and received the rents issuing from the grange but departed without rendering an account.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Pledges to sue: Matthew de . . ., John Hervi of . . .2) Summoned: Simon, bailiff of Yoxall, Reginald Broun of Horninglow.
- Places mentioned
- Burton upon Trent, [Staffordshire]
- Yoxall, [Staffordshire]
- Horninglow, [Staffordshire].
- People mentioned
- Nicholas de Br. . ., bailiff of John, abbot of Burton
- John [de Stafford], Abbot of Burton, predecessor of the petitioner
- Matthew de . . ., pledge
- John Hervi of . . ., pledge
- Simon, Bailiff of Yoxall
- Reginald Broun of Horninglow.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The king gave his assent to the election of Thomas de Packington as abbot of Burton (CPR 1272-81, p.424). However, the form of the document clearly identifies it as an eyre plaint, and thus to the Staffordshire eyre of 1293. Many other such stray plaints survive in the SC 8 series (e.g. SC 8/116/5751-3).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other similar plaints from the Staffordshire eyre of 1293, see JUST 1/1553
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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 608
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149142/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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