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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Free tenants of Cobham. King. The free tenants request that the abbot of Chertsey...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/271/13533
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This record is about the Free tenants of Cobham. King. The free tenants request that the abbot of Chertsey... dating from [1400-1419] 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 8/271/13533
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1400-1419]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Free tenants of Cobham.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The free tenants request that the abbot of Chertsey be ordered to pay the portion of the fifteenth due from his neif tenants in the same vill as they are distrained to pay his portion, and they request that they can have their distraints back. Following an earlier dispute the sum due for the fifteenth was divided between the free tenants and the neifs, and this remained the customary payment until Calverdon withdrew payment for the neifs.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Cobham, Surrey.
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Chertsey
- Thomas Calverdon, Abbot of Chertsey.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1400-1419 based on the reference in the petition to Abbot Thomas de Calverdon who was abbot at Chertsey between those dates (VCH Surrey, vol. II, p.64).
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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/C9517480/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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