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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury. King and council. Abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/238/11899
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This record is about the Abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury. King and council. Abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury... dating from [? 1342] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/238/11899
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1342]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury
- Nature of request
- The Abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury, encloses a petition stating that by a commission dated 21 June 14 Edward III, he was appointed collector of the ninth and fifteenth in Kent, and asking that a writ issued, wrongly as he says, to the Sheriff of Kent, to levy what has not been collected of this sum from him, might be repealed. He adds that this petition was sent, enclosed with letters of the privy seal, to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, but that they have done nothing, and that the Sheriff has sequestrated everything the Abbot has by virtue of his warrant. He asks that another letter might swiftly be sent to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Canterbury, Kent.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Apparently formerly enclosed with no.14725 of C 81/283, which is dated 11 May 16 Edward III (1342).CPR 1340-3 p.184 is dated 12 May 1341 and pp.504-505 is dated 6 September 1342.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For instructions to the Chancellor, Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to give the Abbot justice, see no.14725 of C 81/283
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1340-1343, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.184 (exemplification of the letters of 21 June 14 Edward III) & pp.504-505 (commission to several people to levy arrears of what the Abbot should have collected)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335463/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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