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Abbot of Warden. King and council. Abbot of Warden The Abbot of Warden makes two...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/147/7337

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This record is about the Abbot of Warden. King and council. Abbot of Warden The Abbot of Warden makes two... dating from [1290] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/147/7337
Date
[1290]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Warden.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Abbot of Warden
Nature of request
The Abbot of Warden makes two requests:1) He states that Henry III had granted him 20 marks annually, for his damages at the siege of Bedford, until he was provided with £10 of land, and that the present King had made satisfaction for this sum through setting it off against debts owed by the Abbot, until Michaelmas in his sixth year. He asks that he might be given the £10 of land, or payment of the 20 marks with arrears.2) He requests the King's grace on the matter of an amercement of 40s, demanded from him from the last Eyre of Solomon de Roucestre and his companions at Hertford, for not appearing on the first day, because the Abbot had died at that time, and there was no Abbot for the whole of the Eyre.
Nature of endorsement
Enrolled elsewhere.
Places mentioned
Warden, [Bedfordshire]
Bedford, [Bedfordshire]
Hertford, [Hertfordshire].
People mentioned
Henry [III], King of England
Solomon de Roucestre (Rochester).
Note
A Latin summary of this petition is enrolled on a roll of petitions from the Easter parliament of 1290 (Rot. Parl. vol. I p.54b (no.109)).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.54b (no.109) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, nos.130-1 (full edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209521/

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