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Abbot of Fecamp. King. Abbot of Fecamp [Petition in 4 parts].1) The abbot requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/174/8681

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SC 8/174/8681
Date
[c. 1284]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Fecamp.
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Abbot of Fecamp
Nature of request
[Petition in 4 parts].1) The abbot requests that no writ of caution be granted at the request of the archbishop of Canterbury on his bailiff or his people since the case is called in the court of Rome.2) The abbot requests letters patent allowing him to make attorneys by his letters.3) The abbot states that he or his ministers have had the right to collect amercements made on his tenants before the justices or other royal ministers from time out of mind and this has been allowed by the barons of the Exchequer, and asks that by reason of non allowance this right might not be in danger from the sheriff or sergeants, which is not to the king's profit.4) The abbot requests that the king will grant by his charter that he might have, hold and use the liberties granted to him by the charters of his ancestors.
Nature of endorsement
[On face].The petitions are granted by the king, therefore let writs be made for the last two according to the manner of the court.[On dorse, none].
Places mentioned
Fecamp, [Normandy, France].
People mentioned
[John Pecham], Archbishop of Canterbury.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1284 as the first part of the petition appears to relate to a dispute between the abbot and the archbishop of Canterbury found in papal letters (Cal. Papal Registers, vol. I, p.471).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland. Papal Letters, vol. I, ed. W.H. Bliss, (Thirteenth Century England X, ed. M. Pre, 1893), p.471 (mandate to the official of Amiens in relation to part 1 of this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294547/

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