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Abbot and convent of Sweetheart. King and council. The petitioners request warren...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/108/5366

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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Sweetheart. King and council. The petitioners request warren... dating from [1305] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/108/5366
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Sweetheart.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioners request warren in their lands and tenements, which are destroyed and wasted for lack of legal protection.
Nature of endorsement
The king wishes that they have warren.
Places mentioned
Sweetheart Abbey, [Dumfriesshire, Scotland].
Note
Firmly dated to 1305 by reference to PROME, roll 12, appendix, no. 295.
Related material

For transcript, see p.62 of PRO 31/7/93

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2889
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 12, appendix, no. 295 (translation of petition)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149937/

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