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William Fayrok, parson of the church of Fretherne. Fayrok William King and lords...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/22/1084
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This record is about the William Fayrok, parson of the church of Fretherne. Fayrok William King and lords... dating from [1402] 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 8/22/1084
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Fayrok, parson of the church of Fretherne.
- Name(s)
- Fayrok, William
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Occupation
- parson of the church of Fretherne
- Nature of request
- William Fayrok, parson of the church of Fretherne, in the diocese of Worcester, states that James Clifford, who had purchased the manor of Fretherne, expelled him from the church and had him falsely indicted for felony and rape. Afterwards, despite letters patent from Richard II, and the support of the Bishop of Worcester and the Archbishop of York, he could not recover the church, but James' power and threats have kept him out of it since 10 Richard II; and James has taken the petty tithes, the lands and all the profits. William requests that he might be restored to his church and its profits.
- Nature of endorsement
- James Clifford, mentioned in the petition, is to be summoned before the council on a certain day to be arranged by the said council; and when the parties have been heard, justice is to be done to them on the matter contained in this petition.
- Places mentioned
- Frethorn (Fretherne), [Gloucestershire]
- Diocese of Worcester.
- People mentioned
- James Clifford
- Richard [II], King of England
- [Henry Wakefield], Bishop of Worcester
- Thomas Darundell (Arundel), Archbishop of York and Chancellor of England
- Hugh Beseley
- John Harsefelde
- Richard Hopere (Hooper), chaplain
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a duplicate of that petition, see SC 8/22/1083
For another complaint against James Clifford, see SC 8/22/1082A
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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 2269
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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.514a (no.5) (full edition of original petition, or of later copy)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061250/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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