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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbess and convent of Barking. King and council. The abbess and convent request that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/160/7957
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This record is about the Abbess and convent of Barking. King and council. The abbess and convent request that... dating from [1334] 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 8/160/7957
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess and convent of Barking.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The abbess and convent request that they are for them and their naif tenants able to cut and carry timber and fuel away from their wood of Hainault within Becontree hundred as they can only cut them by the view of the ministers of the forests.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the chief keeper of the Forest or his lieutenant that they enquire of to whose damage it is if the king grants the things contained in this petition, and when the inquisition is returned, the king will be advised.
- Places mentioned
- Barking, [Essex]
- Becontree hundred, [Essex]
- Hyneholte (Hainault) wood, [Essex].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1334 as a copy of the original petition was made by Hale and published in Vol. II::p.80b (no. 32) under the regnal year 8 Edw. III.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document, see SC 8/335/15842
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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.80b (no.32) (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, Rot. Parl., vol.II, pp.73-89, no.32 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210149/
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