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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Simon de Luffenham, Abbot of Crowland, and the convent. de Luffenham Simon King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/100/4952
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This record is about the Simon de Luffenham, Abbot of Crowland, and the convent. de Luffenham Simon King and... dating from [c. 1322-c. 1327] 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 8/100/4952
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322-c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Simon de Luffenham, Abbot of Crowland, and the convent.
- Name(s)
- de Luffenham, Simon
- Addressees
- King and Council
- Occupation
- Abbot of Crowland
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask for an enquiry into their rights and the recovery of the advowson of Wigtoft Church in Holland, which they bought from the fee of the earl of Richmond. They state with his assent they sued to the king to have permission and his charter for the said purchase and held seisin therein for fourteen years. Then Thomas of Lancaster (who had no lordship in the advowson) by his power wrongfully sued the petitioners and by the menaces of his bailiffs took the advowson.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram Rege.
- Places mentioned
- Crowland (Croyland) Abbey, [Lincolnshire]
- Wigtoft, [Lincolnshire]
- Holland, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Thomas [Plantagenet], Earl of Lancaster.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition on the same matter see SC 8/103/5124
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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 1711
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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/C9149519/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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