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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbess and convent of Canonleigh. King and council. The abbess and convent request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/97/4839
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This record is about the Abbess and convent of Canonleigh. King and council. The abbess and convent request... dating from [1330] 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 8/97/4839
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess and convent of Canonleigh.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The abbess and convent request satisfaction of the sum of £672 given them by the countess of Gloucester, their foundress, but confiscated by King Edward I -for which they have letters of obligation. King Edward II, at the request of Gilbert de Clare, gave them letters promising lands to the value of £100 a year until satisfaction was made, but nothing has been done. They request some church of the King's patronage in compensation for this sum.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.The treasurer and barons of the exchequer are to be ordered by the great seal to view the letters of Edward I and Edward II and to inform themselves if anything has been paid of the said debt; and for what is in arrears of the said debt, they are to make assignment according to the tenor of Edward II's letter.
- Places mentioned
- Canonleigh, [Devon]
- Exeter, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- Maud, [de Clare], Countess of Gloucester
- [Edward I], King of England
- [Edward II], King of England
- Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly dated to 1330 by reference to Rot. Parl. Hac. Ined., pp.192-3.
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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 1378
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), pp.192-3 (no. 13) (transcription of petition on parliament roll: text modified)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149406/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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