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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hugh de Eversden, abbot of St Albans. de Eversden Hugh King. abbot of St Albans The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/193/9647
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This record is about the Hugh de Eversden, abbot of St Albans. de Eversden Hugh King. abbot of St Albans The... dating from [? c. 1314] 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 8/193/9647
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1314]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh de Eversden, abbot of St Albans.
- Name(s)
- de Eversden, Hugh
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- abbot of St Albans
- Nature of request
- The Abbot of St Albans states that the church of High Coniscliffe in the bishopric of Durham belongs to his house, and that his predecessors always held it for their own use, until John, Lord Greystoke, presented a clerk to it while it was in the King's hands following the death of Roger, Abbot of St Albans; and that it has remained out of his possession ever since. He requests a writ to the Bishop of Durham to try this matter, as belongs to him to do, and to rectify it, so that the Abbot can have his church back.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- St Albans, [Hertfordshire]
- Cunysclive (High Coniscliffe), County Durham
- Bishopric of Durham.
- People mentioned
- Roger, Abbot of St Albans
- John [de Greystoke], Lord Greystoke
- [Edward I], King of England
- Anthony de Beek (Bek), Bishop of Durham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The related SC 8/193/9647 was enclosed with CCW 1244-1326 p.409, which is dated 8 January 1314. This petition would seem likely to date from around the same time.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/192/9600
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295533/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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