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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Westminster. King. [Petition in 2 parts].1) The abbot and convent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/225/11245
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Westminster. King. [Petition in 2 parts].1) The abbot and convent... dating from [1391-1394] 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 8/225/11245
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1391-1394]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Westminster.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts].1) The abbot and convent request all the fines, amercements, issues, forfeits, goods and chattels of the felons and fugitives who have entered their franchise or were taken there.2) They ask that they, and their bailiffs and ministers, might be pardoned all the debts, accounts and demands due from them in the Exchequer, and demanded from them by summons of the Exchequer or otherwise, provided that they do not have an allowance for tenths, or the farms of alien priories.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Westminster.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a duplicate of this petition with response, see SC 8/150/7483
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1389-1392, (Public Record Office, 1923), p.349 (writ of supersedeas concerning the goods of felons)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.494 (pardon of all kinds of debts except those of tenths and fifteenths)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334805/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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