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Abbot of Haughmond. King. Abbot of Haughmond The Abbot requests licence to assart...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5782

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This record is about the Abbot of Haughmond. King. Abbot of Haughmond The Abbot requests licence to assart... dating from [1283] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/116/5782
Date
[1283]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Haughmond.
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Abbot of Haughmond
Nature of request
The Abbot requests licence to assart four acres of meadow in the wood of Haughmond and four acres land in their wood of Leebotwood.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Haughmond, [Shropshire]
Bottewode (Leebotwood), [Shropshire].
Note
Presented to the Acton Burnel parliament of 1283 (C 49/2/3). The requested permission was granted on 13 October 1283 (CPR 1281-92, p.81).
Related material

For a note regarding this petition amongst others for this parliament see C 49/2/3

For transcript, see p.44 of PRO 31/7/92

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4235
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.81 (licence for the abbot to enclose the lands requested in the 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), C 49, File 2, appendix, no. 38 (full edition and translation)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150457/

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