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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and Convent of Reading. King. The Abbot and Convent of Reading request letters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/183/9142
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This record is about the Abbot and Convent of Reading. King. The Abbot and Convent of Reading request letters... dating from [1384] 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 8/183/9142
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1384]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and Convent of Reading.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and Convent of Reading request letters to themselves and the Bishop of Hereford discharging any of their monks resident at their manor of Leominster from any collections towards the clerical tenth granted during the recent Salisbury parliament, or any other such charges. They are being charged towards this tax, even though they should not be, and have never been charged there before.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Reading, [Berkshire]
- Leominster, [Herefordshire]
- Hereford, [Herefordshire]
- Salisbury, [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- Bishop of Hereford
- Chapter of Hereford
- [Honorius III], Pope.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The requested grant was issued on 23 August 1384, while the tax in question was granted in May 1384. The pope's name appears in the resultant grant.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.50 of C 81/1342
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.454 (requested grant)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295019/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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