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Abbot of Flaxley. King and council. Abbot of Flaxley The abbot requests that certain...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/313/E77
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This record is about the Abbot of Flaxley. King and council. Abbot of Flaxley The abbot requests that certain... dating from [1302] 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 8/313/E77
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1302]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Flaxley.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Flaxley
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests that certain land which is in the king's hand after the death of Wymundeham be returned to him as he enfeoffed Wymundeham of a tenement in London but Wymundeham subsequently usurped a neighbouring piece of land belonging to the abbot. The abbot impleaded Wymundeham for the land but Wymundeham died while the plea was pending.
- Nature of endorsement
- None.
- Places mentioned
- Flaxley, [Gloucestershire]
- London.
- People mentioned
- William de Wymundeham (Wymondham).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1302 as a Latin summary of the petition and response was enrolled on a parliament roll now identified as coming from the summer parliament of 1302 (PROME, Roll 12, Introduction, and Text/Translation).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the earlier inquisition into the matter formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/313/E79
For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/343/16167
For the writ ordering an earlier inquisition into this matter and formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/313/E78
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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)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 1302, summer parliament, appendix, petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded, no.3 (reference to this petition) & roll 25, appendix, no.16 (full edition and translation)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529128/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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