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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 Burton upon Trent. [Not specified]. The Abbot and convent of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/95/4723
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/95/4723
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Burton upon Trent.
- Addressees
- [Not specified].
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Burton-upon-Trent state that they have always been used to have three cartloads of dead wood a day from the wood of Needwood, by deeds of the Earls of Ferrers, in exchange for land, and that they are recently prevented from this by John le Forester, Keeper of Needwood. They request that the King either send letters to John to let them have their wood, or to give them an exchange in land or rent, or in several plots of land in his wood.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to have a writ to the keeper etc. to allow the Abbot to have what he requests by his petition, as etc. from the time of the making of the charters etc.
- Places mentioned
- Burton upon Trent, [Staffordshire]
- Needwood, [Staffordshire].
- People mentioned
- John le Forester, Keeper of Needwood.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? c. 1324', probably for the same reason for which this date is advanced for several other petitions in this file (although at least one, SC 8/95/4733, can be dated to 1322). In this case, however, the approximate date seems to be corroborated by SC 8/5/243, a similar petition which seems to date from 1322, and CCR 1323-7 pp.260-261, an order to John le Forester to allow the Prior of Tutbury to enjoy similar rights, dated 20 February 1325.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.34 of PRO 31/7/99
For a related petition, see SC 8/5/243
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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 885
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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/C9149274/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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