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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Ashby, Abbot of Croyland, and the Convent of Croyland. de Ashby John King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/102/5054
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This record is about the John de Ashby, Abbot of Croyland, and the Convent of Croyland. de Ashby John King.... dating from [c. 1391] 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 8/102/5054
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1391]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Ashby, Abbot of Croyland, and the Convent of Croyland.
- Name(s)
- de Ashby, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Croyland
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek inspection and examination of their grievances and speedy remedy in a certain dispute, as they are on the point of disinheritance to the great danger of their house and to the souls of the king and his progenitors who founded their house. They state that they have lately pursued in parliament by bills and complaints many grievances, oppressions and injuries done to them by the officers of the earl of Kent in the marshes and farms of their church in Lincolnshire. The parties were assigned a day before the king's council in St Hilary, and then in the third week of Easter following (lately past), to which day the Abbot appeared in person to his great cost, and none of the earl's council came on either day.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Croyland (Crowland), [Lincolnshire]
- Lincolnshire.
- People mentioned
- Thomas [de Holland], Earl of Kent.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Notes on guard date this to c. 1391, without references.
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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 1964
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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/C9149623/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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