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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds. King. [Petition in 3 parts:]1) The abbot and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13680
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds. King. [Petition in 3 parts:]1) The abbot and... dating from [? 1281] 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 8/274/13680
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1281]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 3 parts:]1) The abbot and convent request that the king maintain their estate and say his will on what has been done against their franchise, as their franchise has excluded the king and his ministers until the vacation.2) They were granted a mint at Bury St Edmunds and used this franchise until the vacation and request that they king grant their estate.3) They request that the king grant their estate and confirm the division of the abbey estates between abbot and convent so that in times of vacation only the abbot's portion is seized into the king's hand as this held until the last vacation.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1281 on the basis of the inspeximus and confirmation of charters of the abbey (CChR 1257-1300, p.258).
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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)
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- Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. II, Hen III and Edw I, 1257-1300, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.258 (inspeximus and confirmation of charter)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. I, 1272-1281, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.307 (licence to elect new abbot)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517627/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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