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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 Bury St Edmunds. King. Abbot of Bury St Edmunds The Abbot of Bury St Edmunds...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/197/9808
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This record is about the Abbot of Bury St Edmunds. King. Abbot of Bury St Edmunds The Abbot of Bury St Edmunds... dating from [c. 1307] 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 8/197/9808
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Bury St Edmunds.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Bury St Edmunds
- Nature of request
- The Abbot of Bury St Edmunds states that three knights' fees that Roger le Bigod, late Earl of Norfolk, held of the Abbot, have been taken into the King's hand, and asks that prejudice and disinheritance may not come to him or his church through this.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ is to be issued to inquire into the fees: if the said Earl held those knights' fees of the Abbot, and if this many or more, or if the same Abbot held them of the King or not.
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- Roger le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Roger le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, died shortly before 6 December 1306. This petition must date from shortly after this.
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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/C9295696/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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