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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Chester. King Abbot of Chester Letter of the Abbot of Chester to Edward...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/191/9547
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This record is about the Abbot of Chester. King Abbot of Chester Letter of the Abbot of Chester to Edward... dating from [c. 1333] 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 8/191/9547
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Chester.
- Addressees
- King
- Occupation
- Abbot of Chester
- Nature of request
- Letter of the Abbot of Chester to Edward III asking to be excused for not sending a cart to York in accordance with his recent request, as his house is impoverished, and he has recently promised the King money for the marriage of his sister, as he holds of the King's son and not of the King, and as, according to the liberties of his house, he does not owe services of this kind.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Chester, [Cheshire]
- York.
- People mentioned
- Eleanor [of Woodstock, Duchess of Guelders]
- [Edward of Woodstock], Earl of Chester.
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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)
- Latin
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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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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.589 (request for money from the petitioner and others in aid of the marriage of Eleanor of Woodstock)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.422 (grant to the petitioner and other Abbots that their grants of money for the marriage of Eleanor of Woodstock will not constitute a precedent)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295432/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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