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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 Strata Florida. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Strata...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/240/11951
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Strata Florida. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Strata... dating from [1331-1332] 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 8/240/11951
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331-1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Strata Florida.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Strata Florida state that they and their people were always impleaded and judged at the King's court of Llanbadarn Fawr, but that a Robert Clement is now distraining them to answer in his court, in disinheritance of the King and his crown, and has, by means of a false suggestion, had justices assigned to try the King's right and alms and his own. The Abbot requests a writ to stop such proceedings.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Strata Florida, [Cardiganshire, Wales]
- Llanbadarn Fawr, [Cardiganshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Robert Clement.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Formerly enclosed with no.5215 of::C 81/188, which is dated 28 January 1332.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a document formerly enclosed with this petition, see no.5215 of C 81/188
For a related petition see SC 8/73/3611
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.402 (calendar of petition)
- Law and Order in Fourteenth-Century England: The Evidence of Special Commissions of Oyer and Terminer, R. W. Kaeuper, (Whiting & Co., London, 1979), p.754 (reference to petition with short extract)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335515/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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