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Abbot of Selby. Council. Abbot of Selby The abbot requests that they can have the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/173/8615

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SC 8/173/8615
Date
[1318]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Selby.
Addressees
Council.
Occupation
Abbot of Selby
Nature of request
The abbot requests that they can have the king's charter for a weir on the river Ouse within their liberty as it has been found by inquisition that it is to no-one's damage.
Nature of endorsement
The inquisition is to be viewed and by what warrant the writ for holding the inquisition emanated, and he should appear coram rege when the king will say his will.
Places mentioned
Selby, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
River Ouse.
Note
The petition dates to 1318 as a Latin summary of the petition is enrolled on the parliament roll for October 1318 (Docs. Illus. English History, p.6; PROME, 1318 October, SC 9/21, no.23.).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Documents Illustrative of English History in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, selected from the Records of the Department of the Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Ed. H. Cole, (Record Commission, 1844), p.6 (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
  • 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), 1318 October, SC 9/21, no.23 (enrolment of response)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294481/

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