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Henry de Aylesford, Abbot of Battle. Aylesford Henry Abbot of Battle The abbot of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/276/13794
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/276/13794
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1289]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry de Aylesford, Abbot of Battle.
- Name(s)
- Aylesford, Henry
- Occupation
- Abbot of Battle
- Nature of request
- The abbot of Battle requests remedy because although he has the franchise to plead in his manors in his own Eyre, one of his justices with the steward of his franchise still remain to plead in Rochester's Eyre in Essex.
- Nature of endorsement
- Dealt with before the King.
- Places mentioned
- Battle, [Sussex]
- Essex.
- People mentioned
- Solomon de Rouchestre (Rochester).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1289, with reference to Rot. Parl., vol. II, p. 15, a 1290 confirmation of Henry III's grant to the abbot and convent of Battle that matters touching them and their men should be pleaded before the justices of Eyre within the abbot and convent's liberty, naming Rochester as chief justice of Eyre.
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.187 (appointment of Rochester as justice in eyre in Essex) & p.193 (reference to Rochester as justice in eyre in Essex)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.15 (copy of Henry III's grant that matters touching Battle Abbey and its men should be pleaded before the justices of Eyre within the abbey's liberty, naming Solomon de Roffa as chief justice of Eyresemicolonhere copy of Edward I's 1290 confirmation of the same)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517741/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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