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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Letter of the abbot and convent of Waverley to the king requesting...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/275/13716
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter of the abbot and convent of Waverley to the king requesting... dating from 1326 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 8/275/13716
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1326
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter of the abbot and convent of Waverley to the king requesting that because of various misfortunes that their house has suffered that it be taken into the protection and keeping of Despenser.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Waverley, [Surrey].
- People mentioned
- William, Abbot of Waverley
- Convent of Waverley Abbey
- Edward II, King of England
- Hugh Despenser, Earl of Winchester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The letter is dated to 1326 as it is dated in its dating clause to 13 July 1326 [20 Edw. II].
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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. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.304 (grant of protection in Despenser's custody)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517663/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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