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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbess and nuns of Burnham. King and council. The abbess and nuns request that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/323/E553
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/323/E553
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1312]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess and nuns of Burnham.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The abbess and nuns request that they are able to levy the rent granted to them by Chalneye from their tenants as they have had before this time, and that the king will command to his bailiff of Cippenham that they are not disturbed of the rent, and that they are able to be served of the arrears that the bailiffs have collected from their tenants since the manor has been in the hand of the king. Chalneye granted the rent to them before the statute and this was confirmed by the earl of Cornwall, and they were seised of the rent until the manor of Cippenham was taken into the king's hand by the death of the countess of Cornwall.This petition was delivered to the council at Lincoln, 7 February.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram magno consilio.
- Places mentioned
- Burnham, [Buckinghamshire]
- Cippenham, [Buckinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Chalneye
- Edmund [of Almaine], Earl of Cornwall
- Countess of Cornwall.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1312 as it is clear that it is after the death of the countess of Cornwall, she dying before September in that year.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529605/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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