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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Peterborough. King and council. The abbot and convent request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4698
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Peterborough. King and council. The abbot and convent request... dating from [c. 1381] 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 8/94/4698
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1381]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Peterborough.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request that the correction of their tenants involved in the rebellion be granted to them, or that another remedy is ordained so that the abbot and abbey are not destroyed and burnt by them in the future, and that no charter of pardon is granted to any of those indicted until they have made satisfaction for their rebellion. The rebels have been indicted before Lord de la Zouche by a commission of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Peterborough, [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- [Henry Dispenser], Bishop of Norwich
- Lord de la Zouche.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Another petition that seems to be in the aftermath of the peasants' revolt. This would seem to place the petition in the latter half of 1381 or perhaps 1382, though the commission referred to in the petition may be those issued in early July 1381 (CPR 1381-5, pp.69-76).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.15 of PRO 31/7/108
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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 841
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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/C9149249/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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