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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Gloucester. King and council. Abbot and convent of Gloucester...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/159/7921
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Gloucester. King and council. Abbot and convent of Gloucester... dating from [1338] 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 8/159/7921
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1338]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Gloucester.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbot and convent of Gloucester
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request that they be granted a writ to the justice of the Forest or his lieutenant [to desist from interfering with the] abbot and convent's exploitation of their wood of Hope Mansell, some ministers of the Forest claiming the wood to be within the bounds of the forest.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered by writ to the justice of the Forest of Dean or his lieutenant that he inform himself of the abbot's right by inquisition, and allow the abbot to make his profit from his wood in the manner that he and his predecessors have used from ancient times, and do right.
- Places mentioned
- Gloucester, [Gloucestershire]
- Forest of Dean, [Gloucestershire]
- Hope Mansell, [Gloucestershire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1338 based on the date ascribed to the petition by Hale (Rot. Parl., vol. II, p.101b (no.14)).
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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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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1338-1340, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.215 (notification of the abbot's rights)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.101b (no.14) (full edition of later copy of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210113/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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