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Abbot of St Nicholas of Angers. King and council. Abbot of St Nicholas of Angers...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/162/8056

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This record is about the Abbot of St Nicholas of Angers. King and council. Abbot of St Nicholas of Angers... dating from [1331] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/162/8056
Date
[1331]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of St Nicholas of Angers.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Abbot of St Nicholas of Angers
Nature of request
The abbot requests will have regard to his first order to the prior of Spalding to pay the abbot the £40 annuity in which the prior is bound to him by a composition made between them, and that the abbot can be served of the sum in accordance with the first order. The prior has detained it by colour of the aid [apport] reserved to the king in the common deliverance of the religious of the realm of France, and still detains it, though the aid was not meant to extend to such payments and the king has ordered the prior to pay.
Nature of endorsement
Let the prior be commanded to pay the £40 to the abbot according to the first order, and he should have attachment on the prior for what he has not done.
Places mentioned
Angers, [Anjou, France]
Spalding, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
Prior of Spalding.
Note
The petition dates to 1331 as the prior of Spalding was ordered to pay the annuity on 6 July 1331 (CCR 1330-3, p.252).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.252 (order to the prior of Spalding to pay the annuity)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293900/

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