Monks of St Albans. King. They request that their charter be observed and that they...

Petitioners

Monks of St Albans.

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

They request that their charter be observed and that they by quit of the claim made in the name of the kings on the monks of Saint Albans to the palfrey, cup, ring and a moiety of the dogs of the abbot, as by their charter they ought to be quit of this, since it states that the king has granted them the custody of the abbey and all the temporalities of the said abbey, as fully and entirely as any abbot of this place in the past used to have and hold the temporalities, things and goods, and that the prior and convent should have full and free administration of the temporalities, things and goods and may do and arrange on this what they see will be good, as the abbot of the place can arrange and as when the house is not vacant.1)

Nature of endorsement

Because the things contained in this petition are regalities and annexed to the royal dignity they ought not to be remitted by the terms of the charter shown.2) Let it remain.

Places mentioned

St Albans, [Hertfordshire].

For the petition to which this was formerly attached, see SC 8/313/E102

For a copy of the king's charter granting custody in vacancies formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/313/E104

For a copy of the grant that the abbot and convent be quit of all debts owed to the king formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/313/E103

• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.604 (grant that the prior and convent of the abbey have custody of the abbey during times of voidance)
• 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), roll 25, appendix, no.23 (full edition and translation)