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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 Bury St Edmunds. King and council in this present parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4683
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds. King and council in this present parliament.... dating from [1385] 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 8/94/4683
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds.
- Addressees
- King and council in this present parliament.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request that they and John de Pakenham be summoned before the council to show their evidence concerning their rival claims to the manor of Pakenham, and that a writ be commanded to the justices to cease hearing the assize that Pakenham procured.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king, with the advice of the prelates and lords of parliament has granted to the petitioner a supersedeas of the special assize, and the parties are to be summoned before the council to show their right, claim and evidence, and right is to be done before the council if possible; If right cannot be done then the petitioners should sue at the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk]
- Pakenham, [Suffolk]
- Nether Hall [Pakenham], [Suffolk]
- People mentioned
- John de Pakenham
- Mary de Pakenham
- William . . .
- Robert Tressilian
- John Holt.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1385 as a writ of supersedeas was issued on 14 November 1385 to the justices hearing the assize arraigned by Pakenham (CCR 1385-9, p.106).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.51 of PRO 31/7/109
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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 822
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1921), p.106 (writ of supersedeas omnino to the justices)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149234/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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