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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of St Albans. King. [Petition in 2 parts:]1) The prior and convent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/313/E102
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This record is about the Prior and convent of St Albans. King. [Petition in 2 parts:]1) The prior and convent... 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/E102
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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
- Prior and convent of St Albans.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts:]1) The prior and convent requests remedy as the king granted them the custody of their abbey and all its lands and goods, but now the queen distrains them for her gold that is rendered for the vacancy where they consider they should be quit and discharged.2) They request remedy of the distress that is made on them for the gold since the king released the abbot and convent from all debts that they owed the king in return for a gift for the king's Scottish war, and for a release of 1,000 marks that the king owed the abbot and convent.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Lord John de Codelee says that the gold was requested for the fine which the abbot made with the king to have the charter of cacancy, and that it was not requested for the 1,000 marks annually that is rendered for the custody in each vacancy.2) The council considers that the prior and convent should pay the 130 marks for the gold for the fine of 1,300 marks which they made for having the king's charter for the time of vacancy, and pay nothing for the vacancy.
- Places mentioned
- St Albans, [Hertfordshire].
- People mentioned
- [Margaret of France], Queen of England
- John de Codelee, treasurer of the queen.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1302 as it appears to have been enclosed with SC 8/313/E101 which is conclusively dated to 1302 by reference to the rolls of parliament.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a further request from the same petitioners which was formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/313/E101
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
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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 Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.430 (order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to find a way of satisfying the abbot and convent of St Albans for the 1,000 mark debt)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529153/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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