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Abbot of Dieulacres. King. Abbot of Dieulacres [The petition is badly damaged, and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/106/5297

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This record is about the Abbot of Dieulacres. King. Abbot of Dieulacres [The petition is badly damaged, and... dating from [c. 1345-c. 1360]] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/106/5297
Date
[c. 1345-c. 1360]]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Dieulacres.
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Abbot of Dieulacres
Nature of request
[The petition is badly damaged, and much is illegible especially on the left-hand side].The petitioner seeks remedy concerning a plea of quare impedit before the court of king's bench concerning the churches of Leek and Cheddleton.
Nature of endorsement
The abbot is to go without day [ie, sine die] by award of the court.
Places mentioned
Dieulacres Abbey, [Staffordshire]
Leek, [Staffordshire]
Cheddleton, [Staffordshire].
People mentioned
William de Shareshull
William [...]
William atte Wode (Atwood), clerk of the Chancery
Edward [Plantagenet], Prince of Wales.
Note
The petition is dated on the guard to c. 1347 by reference to The Black Prince's Register, I, p. 70, and is given a more generous date range here within the floruit of William Shareshull.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2756
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149867/

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