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Abbot of Tilty. King and council. Abbot of Tilty The Abbot of Tilty states that the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/145/7201
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This record is about the Abbot of Tilty. King and council. Abbot of Tilty The Abbot of Tilty states that the... dating from [1327] 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 8/145/7201
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Date (When the record was created)
- [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. A process is pending before the Treasurer and Barons on this, and the Abbot has been adjourned to this parliament. He requests the King's grace on the matter, and states that the merchants are deceiving the King.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.The Treasurer and Barons were ordered to provide information about the reason, and it was attested by the Barons of the Exchequer that the acquittance was made after the debts of the merchants were taken into the King's hand, and that the Abbot knew that that acquittance was made in deception of the King.
- Places mentioned
- Tilty, Essex
- Lucca, [Italy].
- People mentioned
- Merchants of Lucca
- [Edward I], King of England
- [Eleanor of Castile], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CFR 1327-37 p.76 is dated 10 March 1327, and would seem to be a response to this petition. The petition is clearly addressed to Edward II.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.121 of PRO 31/7/97
For a related petition, see SC 8/264/13193
For a related petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/144/7153
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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)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.76 (certiorari to King and council on what no allowance has been made to the Abbot for this, with response in similar form to the endorsement)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209382/
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