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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbess and convent of Wilton. King and council. The Abbess and convent of Wilton...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/149/7401
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/149/7401
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1312]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess and convent of Wilton.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Abbess and convent of Wilton state that they hold certain lands of the King for the service of finding a knight to fight in wars in Wales and Scotland every time the common summons is made, and that they performed this service in the time of the King's grandfather and father, but that now, in the King's fourth year, at Berwick upon Tweed, the King's marshals demanded two knights from them, and exacted this service from them by force. They ask that this might be redressed in the Exchequer so that they are not disinherited in future.
- Nature of endorsement
- She is to have a writ of the great seal to the Treasurer's lieutenant and the Barons of the Exchequer, to have the rolls of the Exchequer from the time of King Henry and King Edward, the father, searched, and to inform the King of what they find concerning the said service.
- Places mentioned
- Wilton, [Wiltshire]
- Wales
- Scotland
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Henry [III], King of England
- Edward [I], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The exactions complained of took place in 4 Edward II (8 July 1310-7 July 1311): this petition probably dates from shortly afterwards (although it is of course possible that the petitioners may be complaining some years after the event).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.109 of PRO 31/7/96
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209586/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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