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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Bayham. King. The abbot and convent request remedy as they were...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/321/E460
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Bayham. King. The abbot and convent request remedy as they were... 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/E460
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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
- Abbot and convent of Bayham.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent request remedy as they were granted two trees in free alms by Lord Eagle in the forest pertaining to his barony of which they were seised until the barony came into the hand of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should go to the Exchequer and show the charter that he has ... and justice will be done to him.He should sue upon the account of the steward of that honour, and let the matter be enquired of.
- People mentioned
- Gilbert, lord of the [honour] of Eagle.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1305 because an inquisition into matter complained of was held on 6 May 1305, though this seems to have been held in response to another petition by the same petitioner on the same and other matters (CIM 1219-1307, no.1963; SC 8/94/4656)
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioners in part on the same matter, see SC 8/94/4656
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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 Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. I, Hen III - Edw I, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1963 (inquisition into the abbot's rights in the forest)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529512/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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