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Abbess and convent of Barking. King and council. The abbess and convent of Barking...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/166/8272

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Reference
SC 8/166/8272
Date
[1380]
Description
Petitioners
Abbess and convent of Barking.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The abbess and convent of Barking request that they be discharged from the repair and enclosure of the park of Havering in Essex, by which they have been greatly impoverished and ruined daily before this time, for a yearly rent to the King in lieu thereof.
Nature of endorsement
A commission should be made to Buxhill, Gildesburgh and Bampton (or to Buxhill and another of them) to enquire into how long they have been held to make and maintain the enclosure, in what state the enclosure is now (ruined and weak or in a sufficient state), for what amount of money it could be maintained each year and other circumstances necessary in this case. This inquest should be returned to the King so that he can do grace for the reasons stated in the petition.
Places mentioned
Barking, [Essex]
Havering-atte-Bower, [Essex]
Essex.
People mentioned
Alan de Buxhill, knight
John de Gildesburgh, knight
John Bampton.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1380, with reference to CPR 1377-81, pp. 469-70, a 1380 commission in accordance with this petition, and CIM 1377-88, no. 112, a copy of the same.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioners, see SC 8/274/13700

For a related petition from the same petitioners, see SC 8/160/7957

For a related document see SC 8/335/15842

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. IV, 1-12 Ric II, (Public Record Office, 1957), no.112, (commission to Buxhall, Gildesburgh and Bampton in accordance with petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.469-70 (commission to Buxhall, Gildesburgh and Bampton in accordance with petition)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294117/

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