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Edmund, Abbot of Wendling, and the convent of Wendling. Edmund King. Abbot of Wendling...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/192/9554

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Reference
SC 8/192/9554
Date
[1449]
Description
Petitioners
Edmund, Abbot of Wendling, and the convent of Wendling.
Name(s)
Edmund
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Abbot of Wendling
Nature of request
[This petition is partly illegible.]The Abbot and convent of Wendling ask that they may purchase lands, tenements, rents and other possessions to the value of £40 annually.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] . . . granted by . . . and delivered . . . in the year etc. 28 at . . . to be put into execution.The King has granted . . .. Say, Chamberlain, Say. [None on dorse]
Places mentioned
Wendling, [Norfolk].
People mentioned
[James Fiennes, Lord] Saye [and Sele], Chamberlain.
Note
CPR 1446-52 p.304 is dated 16 September 1449, and is clearly in response to this petition. The endorsement refers to Lord Saye, the king's chamberlain.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. V, 1446-1452, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.304 (licence for the petitioners to purchase lands, tenements, rents and other possessions to the value of £40 annually)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295439/

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