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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Cobbe, abbot of Cymmer. Cobbe John King. abbot of Cymmer Cobbe requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15874
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This record is about the John Cobbe, abbot of Cymmer. Cobbe John King. abbot of Cymmer Cobbe requests that... dating from [1442-1443] 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 8/336/15874
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1442-1443]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Cobbe, abbot of Cymmer.
- Name(s)
- Cobbe, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- abbot of Cymmer
- Nature of request
- Cobbe requests that the lands, tenements and goods of Cymmer abbey be seized into the King's hand, because his predecessor, Rys, ousted him from the abbey, took the abbey's common seal and makes grants and leases of the abbeys lands dated to before his resignation. Rys also keeps the abbey by riotous malefactors.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Cymmer, [Merioneth, Wales]
- Strata Florida, [Cardiganshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- John ap Rys, abbot of Strata Florida, late abbot of Kymmer
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1442-3 in Petitions Relating to Wales, p. 503.
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.503 (translation of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736262/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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