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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbess and convent of the house of Barking. King. The abbess and convent request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13700
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This record is about the Abbess and convent of the house of Barking. King. The abbess and convent request... dating from [1285-1315] 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 8/274/13700
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1285-1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess and convent of the house of Barking.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbess and convent request that they may appropriate certain of their churches to sustain them as their lands have been inundated by the sea, their animals have murrain and their house has burnt.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should name the churches and have a writ ad quod damnum, and when the inquisition is returned they should sue to the king to have grace on this, or before the chancellor and treasurer to do this.
- Places mentioned
- Barking, [Essex].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition possibly dates to 1315 as a licence for the appropriation of a church belonging to the petitioners was granted on 22 October 1315 (CPR 1313-17, p.363). However the guard note on the dorse of the petition suggests that the petition may be earlier and the hand suggests a date in the last two decades of the thirteenth century. A date range of 1285-1315 has been adopted.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/160/7957
For a related document see SC 8/166/8272
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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. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.363 (licence for the appropriation of a church of the abbey)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517647/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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