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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/199/9934
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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
- 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].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295823/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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