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Chaplains of Tavistock Abbey. King. The chaplains of Tavistock Abbey request that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/310/15470
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/310/15470
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1325-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Chaplains of Tavistock Abbey.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The chaplains of Tavistock Abbey request that the king appoint another monk to lead their house, stating that the convent of Tavistock have elected two abbots, John de Courtenay and Robert Bosse, who are pleading their case at Rome. The Prior of Tavistock has been given custody of the house, but has cut down woods, reduced alms from 5s to 12d per day and done other things, to the destruction of the house.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Illegible.]
- Places mentioned
- Tavistock, [Devon]
- Rome, [Italy]
- Montacute, [Somerset].
- People mentioned
- Convent of Tavistock Abbey
- Hugh de Courtenay
- John [de Courtenay], monk, brother of Hugh de Courtenay
- Robert Bosse, monk
- Prior of Montacute.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Clearly dates to the period between the death of Abbot Robert Champeaux of Tavistock in December 1324 and the appointment of Abbot Bonus in October 1327, during which time both Bosse and Courtenay claimed the position following the disputed election.
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.89 & p.109 (orders to the Bishop of Exeter to examine the double election at Tavistock Abbey)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682480/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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