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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 Whalley. King. The abbot and convent request that it is commanded...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/267/13320
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/267/13320
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Whalley.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request that it is commanded that right is done to them according to right and reason and [that the suit] that they have pending in Chancery and not determined, be not delayed against law as they have united the churches of Blackburn and Whalley and the chapel of the castle of Clitheroe pertains to them but Henry de Lacy and the king have presented to it though it is not theirs.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition be sent into Chancery and examined there, and let it and the other petition be sent to the chancellor for final discussion of the business, and if it cannot de determined then let them and the process be sent before the king, and let right be done.
- Places mentioned
- Blackburn, [Lancashire]
- Whalley, [Lancashire]
- Clitheroe, [Lancashire].
- People mentioned
- John de Lascy (Lacy)
- Edmund [de Lascy (Lacy)], son of John de Lacy
- Henry de Lascy (Lacy), earl of Lincoln
- Peter de Cestr' (Chester), late parson of Whalley
- William de Nunny, clerk
- John de Wodehous (Woodhouse).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1331 as a memorandum in the coucher book of the abbey records that the abbot petitioned concerning the chapel in 5 Edw. III (Coucher Book of Whalley, vol. I, p.227).
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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)
- The Coucher Book or Chartulary of Whalley Abbey, vol. I, ed. W.A. Hulton, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LXXXVII, 1847), pp.226-8 (memorandum concerning the dispute over the chapel)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517267/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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