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Faculty to Thomas [Wolsey,] cardinal priest of St. Cecilia, and Laurence [Campegio,]...

Catalogue reference: SC 7/63/29

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This record is about the Faculty to Thomas [Wolsey,] cardinal priest of St. Cecilia, and Laurence [Campegio,]... dating from 1529 May 29. in the series Special Collections: Papal Bulls. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 7/63/29
Date
1529 May 29.
Description

Faculty to Thomas [Wolsey,] cardinal priest of St. Cecilia, and Laurence [Campegio,] cardinal priest of St. Mary in Transtiberim, papal legates de latere in England, to inquire if the dignity of abbot has been suppressed in any monasteries in that kingdom and their churches erected into cathedrals, and whether it is expedient to increase the number of cathedral churches, and, if they see fit, to suppress such dignity in whatever monasteries they think proper, and to erect their churches into cathedrals. Ad eximie devotionis . . . St. Peter's, Rome. 4 Kal. Jun., 6 Clement VII.

Note
Bulla with hemp string. [R. and Cal. Letters and Papers, Henry VIII. Vol. IV. No. 5608.]
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The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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Religions
Farming
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3650679/

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