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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Bury St Edmunds. King. The abbot requests that the 'le seer' of the justices...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E934
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This record is about the Abbot of Bury St Edmunds. King. The abbot requests that the 'le seer' of the justices... dating from [c. 1300] 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 8/329/E934
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Bury St Edmunds.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests that the 'le seer' of the justices henceforth reside at Babwell outside the crosses of the banlieu [boundary] of St Edmund, and not elsewhere in the liberty of St Edmund, as in the past 'le seer' has resided at Cattishall which is distant from the town of Bury St Edmunds and inconvenient for justices, ministers and the people.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be done.
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk]
- Cattishall, [Suffolk]
- Babwell, [Suffolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1300 in part on the hand, and also because the petition makes reference to justices in eyre, and the last eyre to Suffolk was held in 1287 (Records of the General Eyre, pp. 167-8), and another petition from the same petitioner on the same matter is dated to 1305 on the basis of the inquisition apparently in response to it (SC 8/140/6998; C 143/52/13).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition by the Friars Minor of the same place complaining of the imminent removal of the court house from Cattishall, see SC 8/1/21
For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/140/6998
For a related inquisition, see C 143/52/13
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682929/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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