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John de Tanton (Taunton), abbot of Glastonbury. de Tanton (Taunton) John King. abbot...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/308/15362

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This record is about the John de Tanton (Taunton), abbot of Glastonbury. de Tanton (Taunton) John King. abbot... dating from [c. 1274-c. 1275] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/308/15362
Date
[c. 1274-c. 1275]
Description
Petitioners
John de Tanton (Taunton), abbot of Glastonbury.
Name(s)
de Tanton (Taunton), John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
abbot of Glastonbury
Nature of request
Taunton, abbot of Glastonbury, requests the temporalities of his office.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Glastonbury, [Somerset].
People mentioned
[Robert Kilwardby], archbishop of Canterbury.
Related material

For another petition possibly from the same petitioner, see SC 8/343/16162

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. I, 1272-1279, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.118 (1274 prohibition to Glastonbury from seeking licence to elect abbot from anyone but King)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. I, 1272-1281, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.55 (1274 signification of royal assent to election of John de Taunton as abbot of Glastonbury) & p.88 (1275 writ de intendendo in favour of Taunton, elected abbot and mandate to restore temporalities to him)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9528959/

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