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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Roger Northburgh, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. Northburgh Roger King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/16/763
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/16/763
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger Northburgh, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
- Name(s)
- Northburgh, Roger
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
- Nature of request
- The bishop of Coventry and Lichfield states that King Edward, the king's father, gave his predecessor, and his successors, the advowsons of Chesterton and Worfield, in exchange for the manor of Greenford, which he gave the king, and that the present king brought a writ of Quare impedit against Roger, that he should allow him to present a suitable parson to the church of Chesterton. A plea has been pleaded as far as judgment, but the justices of the Common Bench are delaying in rendering judgment, although the king has often sent writs to them to do so. He requests that the king send a writ to the justices that they are fully to allow his predecessor's charter for the advowsons, and to render judgment.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have a writ to the Justices of the Bench, that they are to proceed to judgment with the speed which according to the law etc. And if there should be some difficulty preventing them from doing this, they are to inform the council about this in the present parliament.
- Places mentioned
- Chesterton, [Warwickshire]
- Worfield, [Shropshire]
- Greenford, [Middlesex].
- People mentioned
- Edward [II], King of England
- Walter [Langton], Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1327-1330, p.318 is dated at Clipstone in Sherwood, 29 August 1328. The confirmation of the grant, made to the petitioner by Edward II (CPR 1324-1327, p. 252) is dated at Kenilworth, 20 March 1326.
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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 1337
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.252 (confirmation to petitioner of grant of advowsons made to his predecessor)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.318 (presentation of William la Zouche to the church of Chesterton)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.400a-b (no.123) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060904/
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