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Abbot and convent of Notley. King and council. Petition concerning the abbey's rights...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/130/6494

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Reference
SC 8/130/6494
Date
[? c. 1321]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Notley.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Petition concerning the abbey's rights in Bernwood.
Nature of endorsement
Show the abbey's charter in the chancery and he shall have remedy.
Places mentioned
Notley Abbey, [Buckinghamshire]
Bernwood Forest, [Buckinghamshire].
People mentioned
Henry II, King of England.
Note
Dated tentatively on the dorse to c. 1321 by reference to CChR 1300-26, p. 210; the hand suggests this earlier date (or, indeed, earlier still), though subsequent references in CChR 1326-41, pp. 84, 327, suggest that the matter was ongoing.
Related material

For transcript, see no.43 of PRO 31/7/100

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6165
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208674/

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