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Abbot and convent of Sweetheart. King and council. The abbot and convent request:1)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/108/5382

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Reference
SC 8/108/5382
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Sweetheart.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The abbot and convent request:1) That the king confirm their charters;2) That the king place them under his special protection;3) That they be recompensed for the wool taken for the king by Cleseby at Holmcultram;4) That the king be mindful of their great poverty, which amounts to 5,000 marks and more.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.As to the first petition, they should come before Roger Brabazon, John de Berwick and the escheator and chamberlain of Scotland and show their charters, and on this the king will be certified;As to the second petition, the king takes all the religious into his protection;As to the third petition, the king will order payment;As to the fourth petition, the king will do what he can to deal with their problems;As to the petition regarding warren [sic], the king wishes that they have warren in all their lands.
Places mentioned
Sweetheart Abbey, [Dumfriesshire, Scotland]
Galloway, [Scotland]
Holmcultram (Abbey Town), [Cumberland].
People mentioned
Harsculf de Cleseby
Roger Brabazon
John de Berwick
Escheator of Scotland
Chamberlain of Scotland.
Note
Firmly dated to 1305 by reference to Memoranda de Parliamento, pp. 173-5.
Related material

For transcript, see p.61 of PRO 31/7/93

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2911
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), pp.174-5 (no.282) (Latin summary and full edition of petition)
  • 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, nos. 292-294 (edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149954/

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