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Robert of Topcliffe, Abbot of Whalley. Topcliffe Robert Chancellor. Abbot of Whalley...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7534
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This record is about the Robert of Topcliffe, Abbot of Whalley. Topcliffe Robert Chancellor. Abbot of Whalley... dating from [c. 1334] 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 8/151/7534
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert of Topcliffe, Abbot of Whalley.
- Name(s)
- Topcliffe, Robert
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Whalley
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests remedy and aid as he was made collector of the fifteenth and tenth in Lancashire with 10 marks as his expenses, but this has not been allowed in his account in the Exchequer.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Whalley, [Lancashire]
- Lancashire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1334 as this was when the abbot was appointed one of the collectors (CPR 1334-8, p.39).
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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 III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.39 (appointment of the abbot of Whalley as collector of the fifteenth and tenth)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209720/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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