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Abbot and convent of Westminster. King and council. [Petition in 10 parts; several...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7521
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Westminster. King and council. [Petition in 10 parts; several... dating from [c. 1293] 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 8/151/7521
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1293]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Westminster.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 10 parts; several of the petitions have suffered extensive damage].1) The abbot and convent request that the points of their royal charters be granted as their petitions submitted previously have not been answered.2) They request the delivery of 5 robbers who escaped from the prison of Westminster as the justices in eyre in Middlesex wish to charge them with escape when they should be delivered to them as ordinary.3) They request grace concerning a charge in the Exchequer for the escape of 2 clerks.4) They request [remedy] and a writ to the justices that they are not to proceed to judgment in the eyre of Surrey concerning their right to hold the fair of St Edward.5) They request that they can have the forfeited goods of the people within their fees.6) [Petition concerning frank almoigne in the vill of Wycke, and arrears from the same].7) [Petition concerning the disturbance of their rights that they have in Worcestershire as they have in Gloucestershire].8) [Petition concerning a tenement that Stratton had in the town of Westminster of the fee of the abbot and convent];9) They request that it is ordered that their rent of Wheatley be paid as they have been unable to distrain without a special order of the king because one tenant of the king holds part of a tenement there.10) They request grace concerning debts at the Exchequer.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face].1) The petition is answered elsewhere . . .2) [None].3) It is . . . elsewhere . . .4) [None].5) It is answered elsewhere that they go to the Exchequer, and there . . . of seisin.6) It is answered elsewhere that they should go to the Exchequer where the principle seisin, whether the arrears are owed, and why they are in arrears should be enquired of, and the king certified.7) They should proceed against those impeding them by writ if they please, and justice should be done to them.8) [None evident].9) If the tenant should owe it and detains it, he should be distrained etc. and if . . .10) [None].
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Middlesex
- Surrey
- Wycke [unidentified]
- Worcestershire
- Gloucestershire
- Charing Cross, [Middlesex]
- Wheatley, Essex.
- People mentioned
- John de Berewik (Berwick), justice in eyre in Middlesex
- Gilbert . . .
- John de Kyrkeby
- William de . . .
- Adam de Stratton
- Hugh de Turberville
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1293 as there is a reference to the erection of the cross to Queen Eleanor at Charing Cross, and also to John de Berwick as a justice in eyre in Surrey and Middlesex.
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.38 (appointment of John de Berwick as justice in eyre in Surrey and Middlesex)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209707/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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