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Abbot and Convent of Reading. [Not specified] The Abbot and convent of Reading request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/184/9184B
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This record is about the Abbot and Convent of Reading. [Not specified] The Abbot and convent of Reading request... dating from [c. 1290] 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 8/184/9184B
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and Convent of Reading.
- Addressees
- [Not specified]
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Reading request payment of a mark of gold which King John granted to their house out of his Exchequer for the maintenance of a light on the high altar. Henry III commuted this by charter to 10 marks of silver.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] They should be heard in the Exchequer of London as to why they have not been paid.
- Places mentioned
- Reading, [Berkshire]
- London.
- People mentioned
- John, King of England
- Edward I, King of England
- Henry III, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition clearly relates to the same matter as SC 8/69/3449-50, which have been ascribed by Richardson and Sayles to the Easter parliament of 1290 ('The English Parliament in the Middle Ages' (London, 1981), XIX, pp.146-7), while PROME, Roll 2, Appendix, no.218 suggests that this is earlier than those two petitions.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a similar petition from the same petitioners, see SC 8/69/3449
For a near-duplicate of that petition with only minor differences, see SC 8/69/3450
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Royal Letters 1263
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.61a (no.186) (Latin summary of related petition on parliament roll)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no. 218 (full edition and translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295062/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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