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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 the church of St Saviour, Faversham. King and council. The abbot...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/266/13276
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of the church of St Saviour, Faversham. King and council. The abbot... dating from [c. 1330] 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 8/266/13276
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of the church of St Saviour, Faversham.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request that the rent demanded from them for the fishery of Milton be discharged as they have held the fishery since the time of King John, but it has been destroyed by a storm of the sea so that they have no profit from it.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition be sent before the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer, and let them be ordered to do right to the abbot.
- Places mentioned
- Faversham, [Kent]
- Middeltone (Milton) fishery, [Kent]
- Seasalter, [Kent].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1330 as an alternative version of this petition with a different response was amongst those noted by Hale as being submitted to the parliament held at Westminster in November 1330 (Rot. Parl., vol. II, p.48a (no.68)).
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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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- Faversham Oyster Fishery through Eleven Centuries, P. Hyde and D. Harrington, (Arden Enterprises, 2002), pp.37-8 (full edition and translation)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.48a (no.68) (another version of this petition with a different response)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.31-51, no.68 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517223/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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