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Abbot and convent of St Mary's, York. King and council. The abbot and convent request...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/153/7602

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This record is about the Abbot and convent of St Mary's, York. King and council. The abbot and convent request... dating from [c. 1334] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/153/7602
Date
[c. 1334]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of St Mary's, York.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The abbot and convent request remedy as the citizens and bailiffs of the city of York will not allow them to collect their rent from several tenements in the city in contempt of the king's order delivered by Thorp.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
York.
People mentioned
William de Throp (Thorp).
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1334 on the basis of the guard note which suggests this date based on a patent roll entry recording major dissention between the city and abbey. However, there is no specific mention of the withholding of rents in the lengthy patent roll entry (CPR 1334-8, p.27).
Related material

For transcript, see p.77 of PRO 31/7/153

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.27 (lengthy entry concerning dissention between the abbey and city)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209790/

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