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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Swancton and his co-executors of the testament of Robert late archbishop...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/171/8546
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/171/8546
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Swancton and his co-executors of the testament of Robert late archbishop of Canterbury.
- Name(s)
- de Swancton, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged and much of the detail is derived from the related memoranda rolls volume].Swancton [and the other executors request allowance in their account of the late archbishop's debts for certain goods that have been shown to have accrued to the king's profit] including horses taken by Abel and found on the manor of Otford and given by him by the king's command to Ceve to be led to Windsor.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they enquire of these goods, and when the inquisition is returned into the Exchequer they are to make allowance to the executors in the debts due by them to the king.
- Places mentioned
- Otford, [Kent]
- Windsor, [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- [Robert Winchelsea, late archbishop of Canterbury]
- John Abel, then escheator south of the Trent
- Merlin de [Ceve, keeper of the king's horses].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Although Archbishop Winchelsea died in 1313, and much of what is referred to in the petition relates to the years immediately after his death, the petition dates to 1313 as allowance was made to the co-executors on 5 February 1327 (Cal. Mem. Rolls 1326-7, p.57).
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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)
- Calendar of Memoranda Rolls (Exchequer), Michaelmas 1326-Michaelmas 1327, (Public Record Office, 1968), p.57 (allowance to the executors)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294411/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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