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Maud de Peckham, Abbess of St Mary's, Winchester. de Peckham Maud Chancellor. Abbess...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/296/14797
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This record is about the Maud de Peckham, Abbess of St Mary's, Winchester. de Peckham Maud Chancellor. Abbess... dating from [c. 1324] 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 8/296/14797
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Maud de Peckham, Abbess of St Mary's, Winchester.
- Name(s)
- de Peckham, Maud
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- Abbess of St Mary's, Winchester
- Nature of request
- [This petition is partially illegible.]Maud, Abbess of St Mary's, Winchester, states that the Earl of Kent has taken the abbey into the King's hand, for reasons which he has certified in Chancery and which are not her fault, and asks that, as she is not guilty, the abbey might be restored to her.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Winchester, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- [Edmund of Woodstock], Earl of Kent.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/233/11620
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.89 (order to the Earl of Kent not to intermeddle further with the abbey and to restore the issues to the Abbess)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517998/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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