Catalogue description Memorandum stating that the abbot had amendment of assize of bread and broken services and held pleas of land within his franchise, but that there was no proof for his claim to hold all pleas, including those of the Crown, by immemorial custom, several pleas of the Crown being held by the Warden; that the franchise had been taken by the Warden into royal hands and that the King had granted the town a charter for 500 marks etc.; similarly after the franchise had been taken into the hands of the King the abbot claimed that he had held his rights since the foundation of the abbey, and that the mayor and bailiff prevented him from holding the court of his tenants or collecting their rents; this was denied by the community, who said that the abbot had made a false return; it was decided that the abbot had suffered damage, yet the community [?] felt aggrieved that the plea had been dealt with contrary to their charter in the King's court

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Title: Memorandum stating that the abbot had amendment of assize of bread and broken services and held pleas of land within his franchise, but that there was no proof for his claim to hold all pleas, including those of the Crown, by immemorial custom, several pleas of the Crown being held by the Warden; that the franchise had been taken by the Warden into royal hands and that the King had granted the town a charter for 500 marks etc.; similarly after the franchise had been taken into the hands of the King the abbot claimed that he had held his rights since the foundation of the abbey, and that the mayor and bailiff prevented him from holding the court of his tenants or collecting their rents; this was denied by the community, who said that the abbot had made a false return; it was decided that the abbot had suffered damage, yet the community [?] felt aggrieved that the plea had been dealt with contrary to their charter in the King's court
Date: c1303
Held by: Kent History and Library Centre, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: 1 doc.

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