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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Langdon by Dover. King. The abbot and convent of Langdon request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/276/13762
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Langdon by Dover. King. The abbot and convent of Langdon request... dating from [1290] 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 8/276/13762
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Langdon by Dover.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent of Langdon request that the King grant them in perpetuity certain land late of Langdon in Langdon, worth 7 marks yearly, to be held at farm, which Penchester recently acquired for the King's benefit and which the King gave to William, the Queen's tailor, to hold for life only. The church of Langdon, through recent misfortune and for lack of food, has suddenly come to such poverty that it will be necessary to disperse the canons unless it receives assistance. The petitioners have satisfied the said William for his time.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Before the King.2) On membrane 4.3) The King will provide elsewhere because nothing can be done on this.
- Places mentioned
- Kent
- Langdon by Dover (West Langdon), [Kent]
- Dover, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- William de Langedun (Langdon)
- Stephen de Penecestr' (Penchester)
- William, the Queen's tailor.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1290 since it is included with the petitions for this year in the Roll of Parliament (Rot. Parl., vol. I, p. 52a).
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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)
- Latin
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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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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.52a (no.77) (Latin summary of petition on Parliament Roll)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no.95 (full edition and translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517709/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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