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Abbot of Tintern. King and council. Abbot of Tintern At the petitioner's suit in...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/216/10778

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Reference
SC 8/216/10778
Date
[1401-1402]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Tintern.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Abbot of Tintern
Nature of request
At the petitioner's suit in the last parliament the King granted him respite of the money demanded of him for the time he was collector of tenths granted to the King by the clergy in the diocese of Llandaff until now, also for the levy of the sums in the meantime; the King granted that his council should ordain suitable remedy in the meantime. The petitioner requests that the King grants him respite of the money until the next parliament, and to ordain in the meantime some remedy for the levy of the same.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Tintern, [Monmouthshire], Wales
Llandaff, [Glamorgan], Wales.
Note
Dated by Rees to 1401-2 and on the guard to c. 1393, with reference to SC 8/143/7127 and SC 8/144/7160.
Related material

For a related petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/22/1074

For related petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/22/1100

For a related petition see SC 8/217/10839

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.363 (translation of the petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334334/

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