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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward II from Hugh, Abbot of St Albans, stating...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/237/11834
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward II from Hugh, Abbot of St Albans, stating... dating from 1319 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 8/237/11834
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1319
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter to Edward II from Hugh, Abbot of St Albans, stating that the Priory of Binham is a cell of St Albans, and thus exempt from all jurisdiction of bishop or archbishop, but that a lay force is occupying this priory, preventing the Abbot from exercising his spiritual office there. He asks the King to order the Sheriff of Norfolk to have this lay force removed.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- St Albans, [Hertfordshire]
- Binham, Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- Edward [II], King of England
- Hugh[de Eversden], abbot of St Albans.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/192/9600
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9335394/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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