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Abbot of Croxden. King. Abbot of Croxden The abbot requests that he is granted that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/230/11457

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This record is about the Abbot of Croxden. King. Abbot of Croxden The abbot requests that he is granted that... dating from [1405] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/230/11457
Date
[1405]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Croxden.
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Abbot of Croxden
Nature of request
The abbot requests that he is granted that he is able to put one of his canons in the church of Alton which was appropriated to their house after 1 Richard II so that the canon is able to be instituted and make divine service notwithstanding the statute made restricting such institutions, as the house is greatly impoverished.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Croxden, [Staffordshire]
Alton, [Staffordshire].
Note
The petition dates to 1405 as the request was granted on 11 February 1405 (CPR 1401-5, p.490).
Related material

For an earlier petition from the same house, see SC 8/83/4142

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files 498.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.490 (grant that the abbot may induct a canon as requested)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335016/

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