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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Adam of Skerne, Abbot of Meaux. Skerne Adam King and Council. Abbot of Meaux [This...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/127/6336B
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/127/6336B
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1317]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Adam of Skerne, Abbot of Meaux.
- Name(s)
- Skerne, Adam
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Meaux
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged and incomplete.]The Abbot of Meaux requests that he be granted lands in Holderness of the honour of Albemarle in the same manner as those lately granted in a writ to the Prior of Bolton, a copy of which is attached.
- Nature of endorsement
- The services may not be changed without the king's agreement.Because the inquest said that this is to the damage of the king due to loss of wardship and marriage, nothing may be done without the king's agreement.
- Places mentioned
- Meaux, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Holderness wapentake, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Skipsea, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Lasseles
- [John of Laund], Prior of Bolton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition was presumably presented following the issue of the original writ to Bolton Priory in May 1317.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the copy of the writ making the grant to Bolton Priory, formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/127/6336B
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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 5793
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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)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. II, Edw II, 1307-1319, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.326 (calendar of original letters to Bolton Priory)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208513/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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