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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and Convent of Vale Royal. Council. The abbot and convent state that they petitioned...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E827
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This record is about the Abbot and Convent of Vale Royal. Council. The abbot and convent state that they petitioned... dating from [1312] 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 8/327/E827
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1312]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and Convent of Vale Royal.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The abbot and convent state that they petitioned the king and council concerning a sum of money and chalice which they demanded from Berwick of the remainder of a devise to them for Queen Eleanor, and they were answered that the account of Berwick be viewed where it could be found how much they had been paid. The abbot and convent request that a writ be commanded to summon the executors of Berwick before the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to show and certify the court by their acquittances [...]. They also request that they be paid from the goods of the late queen in Berwick's possession, and not from his own goods.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Vale Royal, [Cheshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Berewik (Berwick)
- Eleanor [of Castile], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1312 as an entry in the Close Rolls which is clearly closely related, but probably predates the petition is dated to 8 October 1312 (CCR 1307-13, p. 481).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition from the same petitioners in part on the same matter, see SC 8/145/7247
For a petition from the same petitioners on a related matter, see SC 8/241/12014
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.481 (order to cause the executors of Berewick to come before the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer and satisfy the petitioners)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682822/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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