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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 St Augustine of Bristol. King. The abbot and convent of St Augustine...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/250/12456
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of St Augustine of Bristol. King. The abbot and convent of St Augustine... dating from [1399] 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 8/250/12456
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of St Augustine of Bristol.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent of St Augustine of Bristol request that whereas on 10 April last Canynges and certain commons of Bristol riotously assembled and broke their mills at Trivel Mills, took away timber and placed planks across the watercourse there claiming a ferry and common passage for the town without title or reasonable cause, and on 15 April they imprisoned various servants and tenants of the abbot residing in the mills and surrounding area accusing them of preventing the mayor and commons of Bristol from their said right of way and ferry, and they have seized, imprisoned and threatened in life and limb canons and servants of the abbot, Holcote and others, that he grant a special commission to Baron Berkeley, Berkeley and Rodinay to enquire into this matter and others in Somerset.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bristol
- Treuelemill (Trivel Mills), [Somerset]
- Somerset.
- People mentioned
- John Canyngg (Canynges), mayor of Bristol
- John Holcote, esquire
- [Thomas de Berkeley], Lord Berkeley
- John de Berkele (Berkeley)
- John Rodinay.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1399, with reference to CPR 1396-9, p. 585, a commission to enquire and certify the matter contained in this petition. This is also the date of the Chancery warrant with which it was formerly enclosed (C 81/582 no.12948).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Chancery warrant with which this was formerly enclosed see no.12948 of C 81/582
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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, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.585 (commission to enquire and certify the matter contained in this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440062/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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