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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Tenants of the Abbey of Pre of South Creake. King and Council The petitioners seek...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/103/5130
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/103/5130
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants of the Abbey of Pre of South Creake.
- Addressees
- King and Council
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek discharge from certain payments that are contrary to the terms of their tenancy. They state that William de Bodam held a messuage and many tenements from the king in chief in the vill of South Creake, by service of two knight's fees and £1 for castleward at Dover, and he enfeoffed many parcels to people in the village, and afterwards he enfeoffed his chief messuage, homages and services etc., to the Abbot and his successors, at which time King Henry (the king's grandfather), declared that the house was of his advowson and granted, and by charter confirmed to the Abbot and his successors the chief messuage, with its homages and services etc., freely and quit of all manner of costs and charges of war, along with all the tenants etc. Then King Henry let to farm the said tenements and services etc., for 10s. per year, which the Abbot pays to the exchequer at Easter. The present Abbot is in breach of the terms of the king's charter and confirmations etc., and has maliciously charged his tenants to pay scot, of which they have always been quit without interruption.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are wrongly distrained; sue to the common law.
- Places mentioned
- South Creake, [Norfolk]
- Dover, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- William de Bodam
- Henry III, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Notes on the guard date this petition to c. 1320.
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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 2131
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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/C9149700/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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