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Abbot and convent of Bardney. King. The abbot and convent request that they can be...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/267/13335

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Reference
SC 8/267/13335
Date
[c. 1310-c. 1325]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Bardney.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The abbot and convent request that they can be excused from the king's demands for men-at-arms and for tenths and fifths towards the war as they are so impoverished by disputes within the house, the murrain of their beasts, and by the letting for long terms of their lands by the predecessor of the abbot.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Bardney, [Lincolnshire].
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1310-c. 1325 on the basis of the hand.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517282/

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