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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Tewkesbury. King. Abbot of Tewkesbury The abbot requests that he be permitted...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/325/E707
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This record is about the Abbot of Tewkesbury. King. Abbot of Tewkesbury The abbot requests that he be permitted... dating from [c. 1295] 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 8/325/E707
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Tewkesbury.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Tewkesbury
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests that he be permitted the tithes of hay given to his church and to the priory of St James, Bristol from the meadow of [their demesne] and men from their manor of Barton by Bristol as they have no meadow for tithes where they receive both major and minor tithes except tithes of hay.
- Nature of endorsement
- Before the treasurer and he will make the bailiff of the manor come and those in whose interest it is, and he is to enquire the reason why those parts are not tithed as other parts are, and he is to inform the king at another parliament.He is answered by the treasurer that because ... in the petition that they were never in possession of those tithes and they will still not have them except by the special grace of the king.
- Places mentioned
- Tewkesbury, [Gloucestershire]
- Bristol
- Bertone (Barton), [Gloucestershire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated c. 1295 as the petition appears to be that referred to in SC 8/76/3788 which is dated to this date, and it seems unlikely that too much time had elapsed between them.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later petition by the same petitioner on the same matter probably referring back to this petition, see SC 8/76/3788
For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/75/3730
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9682701/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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