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Abbot and convent of Westminster. King. The abbot and convent request that they are...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/316/E232
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Westminster. King. The abbot and convent request that they are... 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 8/316/E232
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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 and convent of Westminster.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request that they are able to have their tithes and arrears from the saltpans of Droitwich and that the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer be commanded on this as the petitioners held them until the time of Kirkby.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should go to the Exchequer and let what they have of those tithes be viewed there, and it is to be known likewise the reason for the detention of those tithes.
- Places mentioned
- Droitwich, [Worcestershire].
- People mentioned
- John de Kirkeby (Kirkby), Treasurer.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another contemporary petition from the same bundle, see SC 8/316/E243
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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)
- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529284/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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Abbot and convent of Westminster. King. The abbot and convent request that they are...