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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Thame. King. Abbot of Thame The abbot of Thame requests that whereas the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/279/13911
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/279/13911
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1319-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Thame.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Thame
- Nature of request
- The abbot of Thame requests that whereas the King allowed him to appropriate the church of Chalgrove to maintain six monks to pray for the souls of the King's ancestors and of Gaveston, that he grant letters to the abbot and chapter of Citeaux asking them to affirm the same.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Thame, [Oxfordshire]
- Chalgrove, [Oxfordshire]
- Citeaux, [France].
- People mentioned
- Piers de Kavaston (Gaveston), late earl of Cornwall
- Abbot and chapter of Citeaux.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is from the reign of Edward II and must post-date 1317 when the abbey of Thame appropriated the church of Chalgrove (CPR 1313-17, p. 672).
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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 2944.
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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.672 (grant to abbot and convent of Thame of advowson of Chalgrove)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517859/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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