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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbess of Elstow. King and council. Abbess of Elstow Request for assistance in the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/209/10437
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This record is about the Abbess of Elstow. King and council. Abbess of Elstow Request for assistance in the... dating from [c. 1336] 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 8/209/10437
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1336]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess of Elstow.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbess of Elstow
- Nature of request
- Request for assistance in the abbess's dispute over her claim to the third penny of rents in Bedford, granted to her predecessors by Malcolm of Scotland but now challenged by the mayor and bailiffs of Bedford.
- Nature of endorsement
- Order for the matter, which has been in dispute for some time, to be brought before the council in parliament.
- Places mentioned
- Elstow, [Bedfordshire]
- Bedford, [Bedfordshire]
- People mentioned
- Malcolm [IV], King of Scotland
- Mayor and bailiffs of Bedford.
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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/C9333994/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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