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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Westminster. King. Abbot of Westminster [This petition is damaged] The Abbot...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/150/7456
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This record is about the Abbot of Westminster. King. Abbot of Westminster [This petition is damaged] The Abbot... dating from [c. 1341] 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 8/150/7456
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1341]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Westminster.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Westminster
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged] The Abbot of Westminster states that a solemn inquest was held into the dispute between the Treasurer and the Abbot over visitation rights to the hospital of St James, and that it was sent to Chancery and then to King's Bench. The justices have sent writs to the Treasurer, Barons and Chamberlains of the Exchequer, to search for evidence of the Treasurer's right to the visitation, but the Treasurer, by colour of his office, has prevented any judgment being brought. The Abbot asks the King to order the justices to proceed to judgment.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to sue to the King.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an apparently contemporary petition on another matter from the Abbot, see SC 8/150/7458
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1339-1341, (Public Record Office, 1901), pp.657-658 (order to supersede the order to seize the Abbot of Westminster, attached to answer before the justices of the Bench because he strove to draw to himself the office of visitation of the hospital of St James)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209641/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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