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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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Abbot of Battle. King. Abbot of Battle The abbot requests that he be granted his...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/312/E6
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This record is about the Abbot of Battle. King. Abbot of Battle The abbot requests that he be granted his... dating from [1280-1300] 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 8/312/E6
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1280-1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Battle.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Battle
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests that he be granted his livery according to the purport of his charter.Copy of a charter of William I granting that the abbot and two monks should receive liveries of rye-bread and candles at Pentecost and Christmas.
- Nature of endorsement
- At the Exchequer, and the seisin and the time should be considered, and similarly if the rent was ever released to the king or his progenitors, or recompense
- Places mentioned
- Battle, [Sussex]
- Windsor, [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- William I, King of England
- Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury
- William Fitz Osbert.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to 1280-1300 based upon the hand.
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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 Charter Rolls, vol. III, Edw I and Edw II, 1300-1326, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.196 (full transcript of charter in a subsequent confirmation of Edward II)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529055/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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