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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbess of St Leger de Preaux. King. Abbess of St Leger de Preaux The abbess of Preaux...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/309/15423
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This record is about the Abbess of St Leger de Preaux. King. Abbess of St Leger de Preaux The abbess of Preaux... dating from [1278] 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 8/309/15423
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1278]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess of St Leger de Preaux.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Abbess of St Leger de Preaux
- Nature of request
- The abbess of Preaux requests payment of rent in Hampshire with arrears for the time that Havering was sheriff.
- Nature of endorsement
- It should go to Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- St Leger de Preaux abbey, Lisieux diocese, [Normandy, France]
- Hampshire.
- People mentioned
- John de Havering, sheriff of Hampshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1278 when the sheriff of Hampshire was ordered to cause the petitioners to have 100s. yearly with arrears for his time (CCR 1272-9, p. 467). Havering was sheriff of Hampshire from 1274-8.
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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)
- Latin
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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 I, vol. I, 1272-1279, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.467 (order to sheriff to cause abbess and nuns of Preaux to have 100s. yearly with arrears for the sheriff's time)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529020/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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