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Abbot and Convent of Lesnes. King and Council. The Abbot and Convent of Lesnes request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/123/6110
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This record is about the Abbot and Convent of Lesnes. King and Council. The Abbot and Convent of Lesnes request... dating from [1322-1324] 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 8/123/6110
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322-1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and Convent of Lesnes.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and Convent of Lesnes request the restoration of the view of frankpledge appertaining to their manor of Elmdon. They state that this had belonged to them since the foundation of the abbey, but had been taken from them by Walter de Langton, and they had been unable to recover it due to the power of the next holder, Nicholas de Segrave. It is now in the hands of the escheator following Segrave's death.
- Nature of endorsement
- While the manor contained within is in the hands of the king by reason of the trespass of Edmund de Bohun, who married Matilda, daughter and heiress of Nicholas de Segrave, the abbot should wait while the manor so remains.
- Places mentioned
- Lesnes, [Kent]
- Elmedon, [Essex]
- Crishale (Chishill), [Essex].
- People mentioned
- Walter de Langton, former Treasurer of England
- Edward [I], King of England
- Nicholas de Segrave (Seagrave)
- Edmund de Bohun
- Matilda (Maud) [de Bohun], daughter and heir of Nicholas de Segrave.
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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 5209
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.261 (order to the escheator to deliver seisin of the lands of Nicholas de Segrave to Edmund and Maud)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. VI, 10-20 Edw II, (Public Record Office, 1910), no.322 (inquisition post mortem of Nicholas de Segrave)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.199 (licence for Nicholas and Maud to enfeoff the manors of Chishull and Elmdon)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208280/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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