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Abbess and convent of Caen. King and council. The Abbess and convent of Caen state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/285/14249
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This record is about the Abbess and convent of Caen. King and council. The Abbess and convent of Caen state... dating from [? 1327] 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 8/285/14249
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess and convent of Caen.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Abbess and convent of Caen state that the king takes all the profits of their lands and chattels in England, and asks him to have pity on them, as they cannot live without this money, and to grant and command that their lands and chattels in England be returned to them, together with the profits.
- Nature of endorsement
- All the lands and tenements of aliens are delivered out of the king's hand, saving the revenue (apportum) due to the king.
- Places mentioned
- Caen, [Normandy, France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1327-30 p.18 is dated 4 February 1327, and would seem to agree with the endorsement of this petition. The Abbess of Caen is one of the alien religious mentioned in the list.
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.18 (grant that such lands and chattels, in the king's hand because of the war in Aquitaine, be returned to various alien houses, saving to the king the revenue due to him)
- Calendar of Memoranda Rolls (Exchequer), Michaelmas 1326-Michaelmas 1327, (Public Record Office, 1968), no.309 (grant of livery to the Abbess of Caen or her proctor of all lands taken into the king's hands due to the war between Edward II and the King of France)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682361/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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