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Henry de Kendale (Kendal), parson of the church of Rye. de Kendale (Kendal) Henry...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/12/557A

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This record is about the Henry de Kendale (Kendal), parson of the church of Rye. de Kendale (Kendal) Henry... dating from [1334] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/12/557A
Date
[1334]
Description
Petitioners
Henry de Kendale (Kendal), parson of the church of Rye.
Name(s)
de Kendale (Kendal), Henry
Addressees
King.
Occupation
parson of the church of Rye
Nature of request
Kendale shows that the church is of the advowson of the king, and that the fishermen in Rye do not render tithes from their fisheries to Kendale. He requests the king's permission to sue his action against the fishermen for the tithes in a court Christian, without incurring the anger or contempt of the king.
Nature of endorsement
He may sue if he wants to.
Places mentioned
Rye, Sussex.
People mentioned
Fishermen of Rye.
Note
The petition is dated to 1334 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.73, making this part of a section of petitions in parliament in 8 Edward III, though this is a Hale transcript.
Related material

For a near identical copy of this petition differently endorsed see SC 8/12/557B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4613
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.87b (no.61) (full edition of a later copy of the original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060694/

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