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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of St Benet of Hulme (Holme). King. Abbot of St Benet of Hulme (Holme) The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/321/E477
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This record is about the Abbot of St Benet of Hulme (Holme). King. Abbot of St Benet of Hulme (Holme) The... dating from [1298-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/E477
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1298-c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of St Benet of Hulme (Holme).
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Abbot of St Benet of Hulme (Holme)
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests remedy as the king has granted murage to the town of Norwich so that the commons of the town can raise a bank between Norwich and Heigham which is a nuisance to the abbot's free tenants in Heigham.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should take action for himself in Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- St Benet of Hulme (Holme), Norfolk
- Heigham, Norfolk
- Norwich, Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- Commons of the town of Norwich.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1298-c. 1305 as the petition almost certainly follows on from one of the grants of murage made to the bailiffs and men of Norwich in 1298 and 1305 (CPR 1292-1301, p.327; CPR 1301-7, p.317).
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.327 (grant to the bailiffs and good men of Norwich for seven years)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.317 (grant to the bailiffs and good men of Norwich for five years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529529/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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