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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Fordham, Bishop of Durham. Fordham John King and lords of parliament. Bishop...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/20/980
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This record is about the John Fordham, Bishop of Durham. Fordham John King and lords of parliament. Bishop... dating from [1388] 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 8/20/980
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Fordham, Bishop of Durham.
- Name(s)
- Fordham, John
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Durham
- Nature of request
- John, Bishop of Durham states that the bishops of Durham have from time immemorial had royal jurisdiction and lordship, and all royal rights, as earl palatine in their royal franchise between the rivers Tyne and Tees, and in Norhamshire and Bedlingtonshire. But now Michael de la Pole and Roger Fulthorp, who had certain lands and tenements, goods and chattels, within this franchise, which should be his in case of forfeiture, have been forfeited in this parliament, and a statute has been ordained to be promulgated, that their forfeitures should be to the king, both within franchise and without, which will be to the great injury to the holy body of St Cuthbert and to his franchise, and to the harm and disinheritance of his church, as he will lose his franchise and jurisdiction there. He requests a remedy that will save his franchise.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Liberty of Durham, [County Durham]
- River Tyne
- River Tees
- Norhamshire, [Nothumberland]
- Bedlingtonshire, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Michael de la Pole, [Earl of Suffolk]
- Roger de Fulthorp.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Michael de la Pole and Roger Fulthorp were forfeited at the parliament held on the morrow of the Purification 11 Richard II (1388). This petition must have been presented to this parliament, as John Fordham was translated to Ely on 3 April 1388.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A petition on the same subject by the bishop's successor is SC 8/20/981B
For transcript, see no.50 of PRO 31/7/109
For a related letter of Henry III, see SC 8/20/981A
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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 Petition2790
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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. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.177a (no.9) (full edition of original petition, with endorsement which does not appear on original)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061135/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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