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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 Burton upon Trent. King. The abbot and convent request a writ...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/246/12298
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Burton upon Trent. King. The abbot and convent request a writ... dating from [1355] 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 8/246/12298
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1355]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Burton upon Trent.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request a writ to certain people to take Menille and bring him before the council to answer for the felonies and trespasses that he has committed to destroy the abbey, as the oyer and terminer that the abbot and convent were previously granted has not been able to be held by his continued malice.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Burton upon Trent, [Staffordshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Menyll (Menille), knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1355 as a second commission of oyer and terminer was issued on 1 February 1355 (CPR 1354-8, pp.229-30).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the secret seal warrant with which this petition was originally enclosed see no. 14 in C 81/1334
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. X, 1354-1358, (Public Record Office, 1910), pp.164-165, 229-230 (commissions of oyer and terminer)
- Select Cases before the King's Council, 1243-1482, Ed. I.S. Leadam and J.F. Baldwin, (Selden Society, vol. XXXV, 1918), pp.41-42 (full edition and translation of petition with discussion)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439904/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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