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Abbots of the Cistercian order in England. King. The abbots request that they may...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/321/E452
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This record is about the Abbots of the Cistercian order in England. King. The abbots request that they may... dating from [c. 1305] 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 8/321/E452
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbots of the Cistercian order in England.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbots request that they may obey the statutes and ordinances of the general chapter of the order just as other abbots of the order do, and that they may contribute proportionately to any necessary charges just as was ordained by the general chapter notwithstanding the statute of the king prohibiting such payments.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]. 5)]. The summary contains details not included in this petition, and has a lengthy response, so it seems unlikely that it is a summary of this petition.
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), pp.79, 542 (order to release several Cistercian abbots who had gone overseas without licence to attend the general chapter, and licence for various Cistercian abbots to go overseas to the general chapter)
- Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), pp.312-3 (no.485) (Latin summary of petition on same matter with response by the same petitioners)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529504/
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