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Abbess of Elstow and all the people. [Not specified] The Abbess of Elstow and all...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/199/9934

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This record is about the Abbess of Elstow and all the people. [Not specified] The Abbess of Elstow and all... dating from [? c.1307] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/199/9934
Date
[? c.1307]
Description
Petitioners
Abbess of Elstow and all the people.
Addressees
[Not specified]
Nature of request
The Abbess of Elstow and all the people complain about the new road built by the master of St Leonard to the town of Bedford, which is inconvenient, muddy and dangerous.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Aunest (Elstow), [Bedfordshire]
Essex
Bedford, [Bedfordshire].
People mentioned
The Master of the hospital of St Leonard, [Bedford].
Note
Tentatively dated to c. 1307, with reference to C 143/62/17, which is dated 34 Edward I (20 November 1305-19 November 1306) and CPR 1301-7 p.531, which is dated 21 June 1307. The petition probably comes from the early years of Edward II.
Related material

For an inquisition into whether the master and brethren of the hospital of St Leonard, Bedford, can enclose a lane in Bedford, see C 143/62/17

For a related petition see SC 8/202/10100

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, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.531 (licence for the Master and brothers of the Hospital of St Leonard, Bedford, to enclose the highway, provided that they make another on their own soil)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295823/

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