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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 Westminster. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Westminster...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/278/13889
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Westminster. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Westminster... dating from [1307] 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 8/278/13889
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Westminster.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Westminster request that whereas they are charged to perform an anniversary for the soul of Queen Eleanor, his late consort, to the value of the manors which the King assigned for the said anniversary, that they may be released from the thirtieth in the aforesaid manors.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram Rege.2) The treasurer is to speak with the King.3) The King pardons the thirtieth on this occasion.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Eleanor [of Castile], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition dates to 1307 since it is included with the petitions on the Vetus Codex (PROME, Vetus Codex 1307, appendix, no.47).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioners on a related matter see SC 8/324/E638
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Royal Letters 1269
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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 Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.488 (mandate to acquit petitioners of the thirtieth)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.196 (no.32) (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), Vetus Codex 1307, appendix, no.47 (full edition and translation)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517837/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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