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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of St Mary's York. King [and Council]. [The petition is damaged...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/154/7663
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of St Mary's York. King [and Council]. [The petition is damaged... dating from [? c. 1331] 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 8/154/7663
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of St Mary's York.
- Addressees
- King [and Council].
- Nature of request
- [The petition is damaged and in parts illegible].The abbot and convent request that a writ be sent to the keeper of the Forest to suffer them to use and enjoy [pastures granted to them by the king].
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the keeper of the Forest that he view the charter and do right.
- Places mentioned
- [York]
- Wederhale (Wetheral), [Cumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated on the guard to c. 1331 with reference to CChR 1327-41, p.219, with a suggestion that it forms a petition of Wetheral priory. However, the petition is clearly from an abbot, not a prior. The charter roll reference refers to the confirmation of charters at the request of the Abbot of St Mary's, York (the mother house of Wetheral Priory), for a fine made in Cumberland and appearing in the Wetheral register, suggesting that the charters concerned related to Wetheral rather than St Mary's. As such, it seems likely that this petition, though seemingly unconnected with the charter, may well also have come from the Abbot of St Mary's. The handwriting would seem consistent with the period suggested on the guard, and it may have been submitted at the same time as the request for the confirmation. The forest is presumably Inglewood in Cumberland.
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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/C9209852/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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