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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
Item
Abbot and convent of Westminster. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Westminster...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/201/10033
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Westminster. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Westminster... dating from [? c. 1290-? c. 1307] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/201/10033
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1290-? c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Westminster.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Westminster ask that payment of their debts might be postponed for a year, because they will have to give half their goods this year for the common grant of the clergy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] The King granted us this thing on Sunday, at the request of Walter de Langeton.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Walter de Langeton (Langton).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Roughly dated according to the hand and language, and to the mention of Walter Langton, Keeper of the Wardrobe 1290-1295, Treasurer 1295-1307 and Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1296-1321.
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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/C9333589/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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