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Abbot and convent of Thornton. King. [The petition is badly damaged with much of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/175/8743

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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Thornton. King. [The petition is badly damaged with much of... dating from [1318] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/175/8743
Date
[1318]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Thornton.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[The petition is badly damaged with much of the lower part of the petition being missing or illegible so that the actual request is now missing].The abbot and convent request . . . as they recovered lands and a mill in Carlton by writ of right against Gervase and Joan Avernel, but which were seized into the escheator's hand by writ of the Bench and given by charter to Despenser.
Nature of endorsement
[Illegible.]
Places mentioned
Carlton-le-Moorland, [Lincolnshire]
Bassingham, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
Gervase Avernel (Avenel)
Joan [Avernel (Avenel)], wife of Gervase Avernel
Hugh le Despenser, the son.
Note
The petition is dated to 1318 in reference to SC 8/18/868A.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/18/868A

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294611/

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