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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Roger, Abbot of Buckfast. Roger Thomas Commons of the present parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/93/4642
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This record is about the Thomas Roger, Abbot of Buckfast. Roger Thomas Commons of the present parliament.... dating from [1432-1440] 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 8/93/4642
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1432-1440]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Roger, Abbot of Buckfast.
- Name(s)
- Roger, Thomas
- Addressees
- Commons of the present parliament.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Buckfast
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests that he may return home to his house and be discharged from the council, for he has had to stay in attendance on the council for two years because of many malicious suits made against him by Brendon and others, as this attendance is to the impoverishment of his house. The suits were made because the abbot sued against them for damage they did to his land at Buckfast.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face]1) By the chancellor, 2 March.2) Let this bill be sent to the lords.[On dorse, none]
- Places mentioned
- Buckfast, Devon.
- People mentioned
- Nicholas Brendon
- Richard Eston (Estdon)
- William Estdon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition refers to an earlier petition by those who were maliciously suing the abbot (SC 8/93/4643). This must have a similar dating range of 1432-1440. The petition is likely to be after both SC 8/93/4643 and 4644.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.47A of PRO 31/7/118
For a petition by Brendon see SC 8/93/4643
For another petition by Brendon and others see SC 8/93/4644
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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 753
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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)
- English
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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)
- The King's Council in England during the Middle Ages, J.F. Baldwin, (, 1913), pp.341-2 (partial edition of petition, with discussion)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149193/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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