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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbess and convent of St Leonard, Guines. King. The abbess and convent request delivery...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/176/8792
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This record is about the Abbess and convent of St Leonard, Guines. King. The abbess and convent request delivery... dating from [? c. 1394] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/176/8792
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1394]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess and convent of St Leonard, Guines.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbess and convent request delivery of their lands and possessions in Kent as they have lost these and have nothing to live on.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council that they ought to be restored according to the peace accord and the oaths of the kings made upon this.
- Places mentioned
- Guines, [Picardy, France]
- Kent.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1394 on the basis of a Chancery warrant which may be related, but is clearly not on the same matter (C 81/548/9502).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a much earlier petition on the same matter from the same house, see SC 8/50/2451
For a warrant concerning the taking of the abbey and its lands into the king's protection, see no.9502 in C 81/548
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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)
- Catalogue des rolles Gascons, Normans et Francois, vol. II, ed. T. Carte, (, 1743), p.169 (enrolled chancery warrant)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294660/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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