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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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Reference
SC 8/151/7534
Date
[c. 1334]
Description
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.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1334 as this was when the abbot was appointed one of the collectors (CPR 1334-8, p.39).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209720/

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