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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbess and convent of Canonsleigh. King. The abbess and convent request that satisfaction...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/268/13365
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This record is about the Abbess and convent of Canonsleigh. King. The abbess and convent request that satisfaction... dating from [1311] 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 8/268/13365
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1311]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess and convent of Canonsleigh.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbess and convent request that satisfaction be made to them for their money taken by the king's father from the treasury of Exeter in the form of money, wardships, marriages or churches that they may appropriate.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council that if this is so then it would be alms to give them some aid for the damages they have suffered, if it pleases the king.2) Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Canonsleigh, [Devon].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1311 as the abbess and convent were granted lands and rents from those that first fall into the king's hand in satisfaction of the sum on 20 March 1311 (CPR 1307-13, p.361).
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.361 (grant of lands and rent in satisfaction of the sum)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517312/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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