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Abbot and convent of Stanley. King and council. The abbot and convent request that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/159/7915
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Stanley. King and council. The abbot and convent request that... dating from [1328] 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 8/159/7915
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Stanley.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request that an inquisition held concerning their tenure of the manor of Berwick Basset be brought before parliament and right be done to them. Despenser disseised them of the manor but it has now been granted to the queen and they are unable to recover it.
- Nature of endorsement
- The inquisition should be brought before the council.
- Places mentioned
- Stanley, [Wiltshire]
- Westminster
- Berwick Basset, Wiltshire.
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser, the father
- [Philippa of Hainault], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1328 based on the dating of a the petition by Hale (Rot. Parl., vol. II, p.25a (no.33)).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later petition by the same petitioners on the same matter see SC 8/72/3573
For a related document see SC 8/207/10323
For another petition by the same petitioners on the same matter see SC 8/157/7830
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.25a (no.33) (full edition of later copy of original petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.13-30, no.33 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210107/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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