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Richard de Charleton, Abbot of Cirencester, and the convent of Cirencester. de Charleton...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/260/12966

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Reference
SC 8/260/12966
Date
[1321]
Description
Petitioners
Richard de Charleton, Abbot of Cirencester, and the convent of Cirencester.
Name(s)
de Charleton, Richard
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Abbot of Cirencester
Nature of request
The Abbot and convent of Cirencester request confirmation of a charter of Richard I, by which they hold the manor of Cirencester and vill of Minety, with seven hundreds pertaining to the same manor, in pure and perpetual alms. They also state that by this they have always had the right of tallage there whenever the King tallaged his demesnes, until the last tallage, when they were disturbed in this, because there was no express mention of tallage in their charter, and ask that this tallage might expressly be mentioned in this charter.
Nature of endorsement
[Deleted] He is to await the coming of Walter de Norwich.Because a plea is pending in the Exchequer between the King and the Abbot concerning tallage etc., and the Abbot requests that those words concerning tallage are to be entered expressly in the King's charter of confirmation to be made anew, the King is not yet advised to grant this confirmation, before judgment has been given in the aforesaid plea. Therefore he is to wait etc.
Places mentioned
Cirencester, [Gloucestershire]
Minety, [Wiltshire].
People mentioned
Richard [I], King of England
John, King of England
Henry [III], King of England
Walter de Norwyco [Norwich].
Note
CChR 1300-26 pp.436-437 is dated 8 August 1321, and is clearly the eventual outcome of this petition.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. III, Edw I and Edw II, 1300-1326, (Public Record Office, 1908), pp.436-437 (confirmation of charter and grant of tallage to the Abbot in the manor of Cirencester and the town of Minety)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516910/

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