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Proctor of the abbot and convent of Marmoutier of Tours. King. Proctor of the abbot...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/316/E209

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This record is about the Proctor of the abbot and convent of Marmoutier of Tours. King. Proctor of the abbot... dating from [1302] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/316/E209
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
Proctor of the abbot and convent of Marmoutier of Tours.
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Proctor of the abbot and convent of Marmoutier of Tours
Nature of request
The proctor requests that the king will release sufficient of the portion payable to him from the extent of the priory of Tickford so that the prior and convent are able to live as the current provision is inadequate and has impoverished them and caused the sheriff to take the beasts of their neifs to their ruin.1)
Nature of endorsement
To the Exchequer.2) Before the Treasurer.
Places mentioned
Marmoutier, [Touraine, France]
Tours, [Touraine, France]
Tickford, [Buckinghamshire].
Note
The petition is dated to 1302 as the petition belongs to an original file of petitions returned to the Exchequer from the summer parliament of 1302. For a confirmation of this dating, see SC 8/314/E107.
Related material

For a variant but contemporary version of this petition, see SC 8/316/E215

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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.2 (summary of this file)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529261/

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