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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and Convent of Strata Florida. King and council in parliament. Complaint of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/139/6928
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This record is about the Abbot and Convent of Strata Florida. King and council in parliament. Complaint of... dating from [? 1385] 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 8/139/6928
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and Convent of Strata Florida.
- Addressees
- King and council in parliament.
- Nature of request
- Complaint of violence and oppressions suffered by Strata Florida Abbey at the hands of the abbot of Conway.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- Places mentioned
- Strata Florida Abbey, [Cardiganshire, Wales]
- Conway, [Caernarfonshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- John ap Rees, abbot of Conway
- John [...], abbot of Strata Florida.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, p. 235, to 1442-3, but the hand and form are significantly earlier that this, and the date on the guard,? 1385, is preferred here.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.235 (summary of petition, with alternative dating)
- The Cistercian Abbey of Strata Florida: Its History, and an Account of the Recent Excavations Made on the Site, S. W. Williams, (, 1889), pp. xxxix-xli (full edition and translation of petition).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209112/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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