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John Hotham, Bishop of Ely. Hotham John King and council. Bishop of Ely The bishop...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/1/27

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Reference
SC 8/1/27
Date
[1322-1326]
Description
Petitioners
John Hotham, Bishop of Ely.
Name(s)
Hotham, John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Bishop of Ely
Nature of request
The bishop states that whereas Gilbert Pecche and his ancestors held from the bishop's predecessors several knight's fees in Cambridgeshire which the king's father purchased, and which remain in the hand of the king. The bishop requests that provision is made for these fees elsewhere.
Nature of endorsement
1) It appears to the council, if it pleases the king, that if the bishop is able to show that Gilbert held from him as the petition alleges that they make enquiry of the truth and do justice to him.2) Coram rege.
Places mentioned
Madingley, Cambridgeshire
Rampton, Cambridgeshire
Impeton (Impington), Cambridgeshire.
People mentioned
Gilbert Pecche [Peche].
Note
Although Ely presents some problems in that there are three bishops with the Christian name John in the period 1286-1337, this petition certainly belongs to Bishop John Hotham (1316-1337). The nature of the petition suggests a date after 1322 when petitions start to be regularly endorsed in French, and because the following petition dates to 1305 it makes it clear that it was Edward I who purchased the land, and that this petition therefore dates to 1322-1326.
Related material

For another petition by a bishop of Ely on the same matter, see SC 8/53/2611

For a petition by one of the petitioner's predecessors on the same matter, see SC 8/1/28

For a related petition either from this bishop or his immediate predecessor, see SC 8/110/5461

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/82/4097

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2928
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060139/

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