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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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Abbot and convent of Bayham. King. [Petition in two parts].1) The abbot and convent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4656
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Bayham. King. [Petition in two parts].1) The abbot and convent... dating from [1305] 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 8/94/4656
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Bayham.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in two parts].1) The abbot and convent request that they be granted a licence to approve from their tenants and from others up to an amount of £30 of land and rent to alleviate their poverty.2) They request that by writ it is enquired of their rights in the forests formerly of Lord Eagle, as since these have come into the king's hand the foresters and other keepers have disturbed them.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- For the first they are to specify the lands, and they should have a writ of Chancery for an inquisition.2) For the second, they should have a writ in Chancery to the justice of the Forest that he should enquire and report back to the king.
- Places mentioned
- River Thames
- West Greenwich, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- Gilbert, Lord Eagle.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1305 as an inquisition that appears to be in response to part 2 of this petition was held on 6 May 1305 (CIM 1219-1307, no.1963).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioners in part on the same matter, see SC 8/321/E460
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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 772
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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/C9149207/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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