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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Flaxley. [None specified]. Abbot of Flaxley [The document is badly damaged,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/343/16167
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This record is about the Abbot of Flaxley. [None specified]. Abbot of Flaxley [The document is badly damaged,... dating from [c. 1290-c. 1310] 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 8/343/16167
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290-c. 1310]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Flaxley.
- Addressees
- [None specified].
- Occupation
- Abbot of Flaxley
- Nature of request
- [The document is badly damaged, and the full sense is not clear].The abbot complains of the actions of the constable and others who came to Flaxley and the abbot's wood there and took his beasts pastured in the forest against their charters from the king and their liberties, and took them to the castle. He requests an order to the justice of the forest [...].1)
- Nature of endorsement
- [...] justice of the forest [...] thence was ordered.2) [Sense not clear].
- Places mentioned
- Flaxley, Gloucestershire
- St Briavels, [Gloucestershire]
- Forest of Dean, [Gloucestershire].
- People mentioned
- Constable of St Briavels
- William Adthewy
- Richard Dygun.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The document is speculatively dated to c. 1290-c. 1310 on the basis of the hand.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/313/E77
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 30 Oct. 1924).
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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/C9736648/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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