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Abbot and convent of Notley. King and council. Request that the abbey be relieved...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/131/6536

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Reference
SC 8/131/6536
Date
[c. 1332]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Notley.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Request that the abbey be relieved of providing a corrody for Dicoun.
Nature of endorsement
The abbot is advised that he should make the request to the king and no-one else.
Places mentioned
Notley Abbey, [Buckinghamshire].
People mentioned
Elys de la Porte
John Bacheler
Richard Dicoun.
Note
Datable to c. 1332 on the basis of CCR 1330-3, p. 605.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/129/6411

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6242
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.605 (grant of corrody to Dicoun)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208719/

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