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Petitioners

Abbot of Westminster.

Addressees

King and council.

Occupation

Abbot of Westminster

Nature of request

The Abbot of Westminster states that the King's progenitors granted to the Abbots of Westminster a tithe of the rent of Droitwich in Worcestershire, and that his predecessors were seized of this until Edward I granted the vill in dower to Margaret, his Queen, who did not pay it. After her death, Edward II in his eleventh year granted the manor to Isabella, his Queen, who did not pay the tithe either. Then Edward II gave it to his brother, Edmund Earl of Kent, and to the heirs of his body, making no mention of this tithe. The Abbot petitioned Edward II in the last parliament, and a writ was sent to the Treasurer and Chamberlains of the Exchequer to inform the King of the Abbot's right, and they have sent information on his estate in this tithe. He asks that he might receive the tithe as his predecessors did, and that the arrears might be paid or allowed against his debt in the Exchequer.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

Westminster

Droitwich, Worcestershire.

People mentioned

[Edward II], King of England

Edward [I], King of England

Margaret [of France], Queen of England

Isabella [of France], Queen of England

Edmund [of Woodstok], Earl of Kent.

For a related document, see SC 8/77/3843

For a related certification, see SC 8/278/13867

For a related petition, see SC 8/77/3842