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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 Bermondsey. The King. The petitioners ask that all their lands,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/100/4998
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Bermondsey. The King. The petitioners ask that all their lands,... dating from [1400-1401] 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 8/100/4998
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1400-1401]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Bermondsey.
- Addressees
- The King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask that all their lands, tenements, possessions and all their goods and income etc., should be committed to the keeping and governance of Carrowe, Remys and Boteler for five years, for the salvation of their Abbey, which is in danger of final ruin because of certain charges, arrears and debts of which they are liable. In the meantime they ask for the king's protection against a certain writ of quare impedit, and against assizes of Novel Disseisin, Darrain Presentment and Attaint.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] This petition granted at the supplication of Thomas [Arundel], Archbishop of Canterbury and John de Cobham, knight.
- Places mentioned
- Bermondsey, [Surrey].
- People mentioned
- [Nicholas] de Carrowe (Carew)
- Thomas Remys
- John Boteler.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Apparently datable by reference to CPR 1399-1401, p. 284 and CPR 1401-5, p. 23.
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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 1844
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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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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.284 (grant of custody of the abbey)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.23 (grant of custody of the abbey)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149566/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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