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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Tilty. King and council. Abbot of Tilty The Abbot of Tilty states that the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/144/7153
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/144/7153
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1317-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Tilty.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Tilty
- Nature of request
- The Abbot of Tilty states that the Sheriff of Essex has instructions from the Exchequer to levy a debt owed to the merchants of Lucca, which the King's father had seized into his hand, although that debt was paid in the King's father's twenty-fourth year, and letters of acquittance given, which were examined and enrolled in the Exchequer in the Michaelmas term of the present King's eleventh year. He asks the King to have the process made on these letters brought before the council and examined, as the Abbot has been adjourned to this parliament, and to give him his grace on the matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer are to be ordered that, when they have examined the record and process, they are to do on this matter what seems to them to be done, according to the law and custom of the land.
- Places mentioned
- Tilty, Essex
- Lucca, [Italy].
- People mentioned
- The merchants of Lucca
- [Edward I], King of England
- [Eleanor of Castile], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The letters were enrolled in the Michaelmas term of 11 Edward II (1317). This petition must date from between then and the end of his reign.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.51 of PRO 31/7/100
For a related petition, see SC 8/264/13193
For a related petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/145/7201
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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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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209334/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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