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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Vaudey. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Vaudey state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/239/11914
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Vaudey. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Vaudey state... dating from [1347] 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 8/239/11914
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1347]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Vaudey.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Vaudey state that they are greatly impoverished, both by the tenths, aids and contributions demanded from them and by the distraints imposed upon them to levy these tenths, aids and contributions, so that their lands are uncultivated and they have nothing to live on. They request grace and mercy in the matter of £46 9s 6d demanded from them for a biennial tenth, and of a sack of wool which is also demanded from them; that they might be pardoned these or have some other good grace.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Vaudey, [Lincolnshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Formerly enclosed with no.18775 of C 81/323, which is dated 22 August 21 Edward III (1347).CPR 1345-8 p.403 is dated 10 September 1347.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a mandate to the Chancellor and Treasurer that, if the Abbot and convent are as poor as the say, to pardon them one year of a biennial tenth, as they request, see no.18775 of C 81/323
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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. VII, 1345-1348, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.403 (pardon to the petitioners of the £46 9s 6d mentioned here)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335478/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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