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Abbot of St Albans. King and council. Abbot of St Albans The abbot requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/160/7997
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/160/7997
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1348]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of St Albans.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of St Albans
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests that he is able to have a writ to the keeper of the manor of Little Langley to pay the rent due to him for the mill there, and a writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to pay to him the arrears of the same rent or make an allowance to him in the tenth granted to the king by the abbot.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition, which was read in the presence of Bukelond, one of the keepers of the lands of the Chambre, be sent into Chancery, and there when the steward of the lands has been called and the evidence of the abbot have been viewed and the reasons for the king and the abbot heard, let justice be done.
- Places mentioned
- Little Langley, Hertfordshire.
- People mentioned
- Richard, late abbot of St Albans
- Eleanor of Provence, Queen of England
- Isabella of France, Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1348 as it was transcribed by Hale and attributed a date connecting it to the parliament of 21 Edw. III (1348) (Rot. Parl., vol. II, pp.198b-199a (no.88)).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the writ mentioned in this petition and formerly attached to it, see SC 8/160/7996
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.198b (no.88) (full edition of later copy of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210189/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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