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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Tenants of Manton. King and council. The tenants request remedy as they are of the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/266/13288
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This record is about the Tenants of Manton. King and council. The tenants request remedy as they are of the... dating from [c. 1327-c. 1340] 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 8/266/13288
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327-c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants of Manton.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The tenants request remedy as they are of the ancient demesne, and the king's ancestors gave Manton to the abbot of Cluny, and though they held freely the abbot has reduced them to servitude and taken 80 acres of their land and let it to farmers at a higher rent without reducing their rent.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should go to Chancery and have a remedy there.
- Places mentioned
- Manton, Rutland
- Cluny, [Burgundy, France].
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Cluny.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1327-c. 1340 on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9517235/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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