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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 Tintern. King. The abbot and convent request that they be discharged...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/242/12092
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Tintern. King. The abbot and convent request that they be discharged... dating from [1330] 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 8/242/12092
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Tintern.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request that they be discharged from the rent unduly demanded from them for all the land in vill of Hewelsfield granted to them by the king's grandfather as certain people maliciously caused the late king to take the vill into the king's hand and to cause a charter to be made charging the abbot and convent with a rent.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Tintern, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
- Hewelsfield, [Gloucestershire]
- Northampton, [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1330 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 12 February 1330 [4 Edw. III] (C 81/168/3265).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/207/10321
For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 3265 in C 81/168
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.406-7 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439695/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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