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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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This record is about the Abbess and convent of Wilton. King and council. The Abbess and convent of Wilton... dating from [? c. 1312] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/149/7401
Date
[? c. 1312]
Description
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.
Related material

For transcript, see no.109 of PRO 31/7/96

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209586/

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