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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Whalley. King and council. Abbot of Whalley The Abbot of Whalley states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/149/7423
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/149/7423
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1319]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Whalley.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Whalley
- Nature of request
- The Abbot of Whalley states that he has been enfeoffed with various tenements in Cheshire, and that these feoffments have been confirmed by Edward I, but that the community of Cheshire is distraining him to repair the bridge over the River Dee and various other bridges, contrary to his feoffments. He requests a writ to the justice of Chester to do justice to him in this matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Earl of Chester or his justice of Chester is to be ordered that, when he has examined the charters of the aforesaid Abbot, justice is to be done to him on the contents of the petition, so that no further complaint about this reaches the King, for default of justice in this matter.
- Places mentioned
- Whalley, [Lancashire]
- Cheshire
- River Dee.
- People mentioned
- Edward [I], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? c. 1319' without further explanation. From the content, the petition clearly dates from the reign of Edward II, and this date would agree with the language and the hand. However, similar dates on other petitions have not always been reliable.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.102 of PRO 31/7/95
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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/C9209608/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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