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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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SC 8/176/8792
Date
[? c. 1394]
Description
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.
Note
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).
Related material

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Catalogue des rolles Gascons, Normans et Francois, vol. II, ed. T. Carte, (, 1743), p.169 (enrolled chancery warrant)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294660/

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