Catalogue description Petitioners: Abbot of Chester. Addressees: King. Occupation: Abbot of...

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Details of SC 8/331/15628
Reference: SC 8/331/15628
Description:
Petitioners: Abbot of Chester.
Addressees: King.
Occupation: Abbot of Chester
Nature of request: The abbot of Chester, whose abbey was founded by Hugh, Earl of Chester and confirmed by the next five earls, requests lands in Wales.
Nature of endorsement: The King told his will to the bishop of Bath.
Places mentioned: St Werburgh's Abbey (Chester), [Cheshire]; Wales.
People mentioned: Hugh [d'Avranches], Earl of Chester; Richard [d'Avranches], Earl of Chester; Ranulph [le Meschin], Earl of Chester; Ranulph [le Gernon], Earl of Chester; Hugh [de Kevelioc], Earl of Chester; Ranulph [de Blondeville], Earl of Chester; [Robert Burnell], bishop of Bath.
Note: The petition probably dates to 1275-92 when the bishop of Bath was chancellor.
Date: [? 1275-1292]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: Latin
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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