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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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SC 8/323/E553
Date
[c. 1312]
Description
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.
Note
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.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529605/

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