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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
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 8/150/7458
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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 8/150/7458
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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 tenement in Westminster called 'Roncesvalles tenement', which the Prior of Roncesvalles held of the Abbot, was seized into the King's hand in his twelfth year with the other possessions of alien religious throughout the realm, and that since then he has not received the rent for it. He [asks that he might receive it].
- Nature of endorsement
- The Abbot is to pursue his right at common law, and when it is found that the Abbot is impeded by the King's possession, a suitable remedy will be ordained for him.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Roncesvalles, [Navarre, Spain].
- People mentioned
- Prior of Roncesvalles (Rouncivall).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition must postdate the seizure of the possessions of alien religious in 12 Edward III (25 January 1338-24 January 1339). From the hand, it would seem to be contemporary with SC 8/150/7456. The petition presumably relates to the property of the hospital of St Mary de Rouncivall at Charing Cross, a cell of Roncesvalles.
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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 8/150/7456
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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/C9209643/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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