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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Cirencester. King and council. Abbot of Cirencester The Abbot of Cirencester...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/201/10003
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This record is about the Abbot of Cirencester. King and council. Abbot of Cirencester The Abbot of Cirencester... dating from [? 1285] 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 8/201/10003
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1285]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Cirencester.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Cirencester
- Nature of request
- The Abbot of Cirencester states that he holds the church of Bray in the Forest of Windsor in pure and perpetual alms, and that the Prioress of Broomhall has made an assart within the bounds of the parish. The Abbot of Waltham claims a right in the tithes of half of this assart and the Dean and chapter of Salisbury in the other, although, as it is in his parish, the tithes belong to him. He also states that he had seisin of these tithes until he was disturbed by the King's ministers. He requests an inquiry, and that he might have grace and justice.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Abbot is to come and be heard tomorrow.
- Places mentioned
- Cirencester, [Gloucestershire]
- Bray, [Berkshire]
- Windsor forest, [Berkshire]
- Broomhall, [Berkshire]
- Waltham, [Essex]
- Salisbury, [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- The Prioress of Broomhall
- the Abbot of Waltham
- the Dean and chapter of Salisbury
- Henry [III], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The inquisition in CCR 1279-1288 pp.415-416 is dated to the Friday before the feast of St Margaret, 13 Edward I (July 1285), and it was enrolled in April 1286. It might be in response to this petition, but in any case the hand would seem to date the petition to around this time.
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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 Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1279-1288, (Public Record Office, 1902), pp.415-416 (enrolment of inquisition into the boundaries of the parish of Bray, and the tithes paid from each part of it)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333559/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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