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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Reading. Chancellor and council. Petition from the Abbot and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/240/11961
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Reading. Chancellor and council. Petition from the Abbot and... dating from [1338] 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 8/240/11961
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1338]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Reading.
- Addressees
- Chancellor and council.
- Nature of request
- Petition from the Abbot and convent of Reading, quoting an earlier petition presented to the King at Bury St Edmunds, asking the King to confirm their charters, allowing them to sue all the articles in these charters whether they had used them in the past or not, and clarifying what was declared in them in general terms; and that the King granted this petition, stating that all general words in their charters would be clarified in their most generous sense, saving the royal dignity. They show how certain liberties expressed in general words in their charters have been interpreted in the past, and ask that they may be clarified in this way.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Reading, [Berkshire]
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- [Edward III], King of England
- [Richard Bury], Bishop of Durham, Chancellor of England
- [Edward II], King of England
- Henry [I], King of England
- John, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1338 as the privy seal warrant with which the petition was formerly enclosed dates to 19 June 12 Edw. III (C/81/246, no. 11047).CChR 1327-41 p.448 is dated 19 June 1338, and would seem to be the result of this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.11047 of C 81/246
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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 and 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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. IV, 1-14 Edw III, 1327-1341, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.448 (inspeximus and confirmation of charters of Reading)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335525/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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