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Abbot and Convent of Holmcultram (Abbey Town). King. The abbot and convent of Holmcultram...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/223/11138

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Reference
SC 8/223/11138
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and Convent of Holmcultram (Abbey Town).
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The abbot and convent of Holmcultram request that they be allowed to retain their right of common of pasture and other estates in Inglewood and the forest of Allerdale.
Nature of endorsement
The king wills that the abbot and convent should have peaceful possession according to their charter, and that any harm should be remedied.
Places mentioned
Holmcultram (Abbey Town), [Cumberland]
Inglewood, [Cumberland]
Allerdale, [Cumberland].
Note
Dated on the guard to 1302, with reference to a grant of common of pasture ordered on 10 August 1302 (CCR 1296-1302, p. 547), possibly as a consequence of this petition, and a petition, writs and inquisitions at C 47/11/5/6, all dated to 1302 and all relating to the same issue.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioners on a related matter, see SC 8/115/5717

For a related document, see SC 8/324/E633C

For another petition by the same petitioners on a different matter, see SC 8/324/E633A

For another petition by the same petitioner with copies of two related, writs and inquisitions, see C 47/11/5/6

For a related copy of a charter of Richard I to the same house, see SC 8/224/11174

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.547 (order to the justice of the Forest north of Trent to allow the abbot and convent to have common of pasture between the Caldew and Alne)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334698/

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