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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbess of Fontevrault. King. Abbess of Fontevrault The abbess requests that she might...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/273/13614
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This record is about the Abbess of Fontevrault. King. Abbess of Fontevrault The abbess requests that she might... dating from [c. 1290-c. 1315] 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 8/273/13614
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290-c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess of Fontevrault.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Abbess of Fontevrault
- Nature of request
- The abbess requests that she might be able to acquire and hold 100 livres tournois of rent in the king's land of Saintonge and the Agenais, so that the convent might eat white bread on Fridays.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Fontevrault, [Anjou, France]
- Saintonge, [Guyenne, France]
- Agenais, [Guyenne, France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1290-c. 1315 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/C9517561/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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