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Abbot and convent of the house of Tintern in Wales. [Section of petition missing]....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/155/7711A

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This record is about the Abbot and convent of the house of Tintern in Wales. [Section of petition missing].... dating from [? c. 1334] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/155/7711A
Date
[? c. 1334]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of the house of Tintern in Wales.
Addressees
[Section of petition missing].
Nature of request
The abbot and convent requests a writ of supersedeas to the first justices . . . [the sense is not recover as much of the petition is completely illegible, or only partly legible].1)
Nature of endorsement
. . . is to be done out of Chancery . . . towards the chancellor.2) . . . took his . . .
Places mentioned
Tintern, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
Wales
Forest of Dean
Gloucestershire.
People mentioned
Henry of Penbrigge
[Thomas of Brotherton], earl Marshal.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1330-c. 1344 in accordance with the dating assigned to the related petition which follows as SC 8/155/7711B.
Related material

For a related document see SC 8/155/7711B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.258-9 (very fragmentary edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209901/

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