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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Stratford, Bishop of Winchester. Stratford John King and council. Bishop of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/15/719
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This record is about the John Stratford, Bishop of Winchester. Stratford John King and council. Bishop of... dating from [? 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/15/719
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Stratford, Bishop of Winchester.
- Name(s)
- Stratford, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Winchester
- Nature of request
- The bishop states that the pope granted him the bishopric, and he found it ruined, in houses, woods, ponds, parks and other things, and found the people most damaged by the keepers of the king, and during vacancies under other kings. He requests that the king grant to him that his chapter be able to have the vacancy of the bishopric when it occurs, rendering to the Exchequer the extent of the bishopric according to the terms which accrue or are given in the vacancy according to the requirements of the times when the vacancy occurs.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that when they have searched the rolls and the remembrances of the Exchequer of how the king and his progenitors have been answered before this time of the temporalities of the bishopric in times of vacancies and certified the king in his Chancery, and the chancellor has called to him the treasurer and others of the council of the king, make a charter according to the petition for a reasonable fine.
- Places mentioned
- Winchester, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- [John XXII], Pope
- Chapter of Winchester.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 8381
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.390a (no.66) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060860/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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