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Abbot of Chertsey. King and council. Abbot of Chertsey The Abbot of Chertsey states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/259/12937
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This record is about the Abbot of Chertsey. King and council. Abbot of Chertsey The Abbot of Chertsey states... dating from [? c. 1320-? c. 1350] 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 8/259/12937
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1320-? c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Chertsey.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Chertsey
- Nature of request
- The Abbot of Chertsey states that he and his predecessors have from time immemorial had a tithe of all wild and domesticated animals and of the agistments of herbage and pannage within Windsor park, but that William le Mareschal, keeper of the King's livestock and the Constable of Windsor castle have lately withheld from them the tithe of foals and wild animals and have given it to the Abbot of Waltham. The Abbot of Chertsey petitioned the last parliament at Westminster on this, and as a result writs were sent to William and the Constable to deliver these tithes to them; but they have done nothing, continuing to favour the Abbot of Waltham. And the Abbot of Waltham has acquired a writ under the privy seal to the Constable to deliver to him the tithe of wild animals which have been and will be taken in his time, which will bar the Abbot of Chertsey from his tithes. He asks that he might either have delivery of the tithes or be released from the twenty cartloads of hay that he is obliged to find in return.
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition is to be sent into Chancery, and the Chancellor, when he has called before himself the said Abbots and heard their arguments, is further to do what is just and reasonable, on the advice of the council.
- Places mentioned
- Chertsey, [Surrey]
- Windsor, [Berkshire]
- Waltham, [Essex]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- William le Mareschal (Marshal), keeper of the King's livestock
- Constable of Windsor Castle and Keeper of Windsor park
- Abbot of Waltham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and the French endorsement.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440550/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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