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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 Combermere. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Combermere...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/99/4918
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Combermere. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Combermere... dating from [? 1321-? 1323] 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 8/99/4918
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1321-? 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Combermere.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Combermere state that they hold their grange of Chesthull in Shropshire of the gift of Richard de Chesthull and the confirmation of Henry III, but that William de Kavynton, Sub-escheator of Shropshire, has forced and distrained them to make fine with him to have respite until Pentecost, although they have shown a warrant allowed according to the form of their tenancy. They request grace and a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ is to be sent to the Escheator to provide information on why he distrained. And in the meantime he is to cease making distraints.
- Places mentioned
- Combermere, [Cheshire]
- Chesthull, Shropshire.
- People mentioned
- Richard de Chesthull
- Henry [III], King of England
- William de Kavynton, Sub-escheator of Shropshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- One of a collection of petitions published on pages 387ff of Rot. Parl., vol I., which are dated to 15 or 16 Edward II (8 July 1321-7 July 1323). Those petitions which can be more securely dated nearly all seem to date from these years.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.34 of PRO 31/7/102
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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 1625
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.388a-b (no.7) (full edition of original petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp.387-415, no. 7 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149485/
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