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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 Whitby. King. The Abbot and convent of Whitby state that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/196/9764
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/196/9764
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Whitby.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Whitby state that they are greatly impoverished by sterility of their lands, disease of their livestock, and destruction of their church and lands of Crosby by the Scots, and ask the King, for the relief of their house, to write to the Pope to allow them to appropriate the church of Seamer, or to order the Archbishop of York to allow them to do this, so that after the first vacancy they can hold it to their own use.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Whitby, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- York diocese
- Crosby (Crosby Ravensworth), Westmorland
- Scotland
- Seamer, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Formerly enclosed with no.6062 of C 81/118, dated at Bishopthorpe on 19 June 15 Edward II (1322).
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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.6062 of C 81/118
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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/C9295652/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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