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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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Abbot and convent of Furness. King and council. Petition in two parts: the petitioners...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/110/5486
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Furness. King and council. Petition in two parts: the petitioners... dating from [c. 1337] 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 8/110/5486
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Furness.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Petition in two parts: the petitioners seek confirmation of a claim made to have timber in the forest of Lancaster; and they seek an inquisition ad quod dampnum concerning the proposed gift to the convent of two shops in Drogheda.
- Nature of endorsement
- On the first matter, granted; on the second matter, sue to the chancellor.
- Places mentioned
- Drogheda, County Meath, [Ireland]
- Furness Abbey, [Lancashire]
- Lancaster, [Lancashire]
- People mentioned
- Robert Normaund
- Laurence Russell.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the resulting inquisition ad quod dampnum see C 143/243/10
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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 3374
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1338-1340, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.15 (resulting grant on the first item of the petition)
- Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.38 (brief calendar of petition)
- The Coucher Book of Furness Abbey vol. II (3), ed. J. Brownbill, (Chetham Society, new series LXXVIII, 1919), p.696 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150151/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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