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Abbot and convent of St Peter, Gloucester. King. The abbot and convent request that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/114/5670

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This record is about the Abbot and convent of St Peter, Gloucester. King. The abbot and convent request that... dating from [c. 1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/114/5670
Date
[c. 1322]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of St Peter, Gloucester.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The abbot and convent request that they be granted that they are able to appropriate from the spiritual and temporal possessions to the value that pleases the king to relieve the damages that they suffered when the contrariants resided there.1)
Nature of endorsement
They should specify what they demand, and the king will be advised.2) Coram rege.
Places mentioned
Gloucester, [Gloucestershire].
Note
The petition dates to c. 1322 as the petition refers to the damage done by the Contrariants.
Related material

For transcript, see no.54 of PRO 31/7/97

For another petition by the same petitioners on the same matter see SC 8/114/5690

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3813
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150343/

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