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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Bisshop (Bishop) of Sawley. Bisshop (Bishop) Richard King and council. 1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/34/1673
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This record is about the Richard Bisshop (Bishop) of Sawley. Bisshop (Bishop) Richard King and council. 1)... dating from [1316] 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 8/34/1673
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Bisshop (Bishop) of Sawley.
- Name(s)
- Bisshop (Bishop), Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- 1) Bisshop shows that he was a man of good character, but Beaufoy when he was a sheriff imprisoned him until he had granted him one hundred shillings, and that he was indicted by an appealer by which he is ruined. He requests remedy.2) It is also stated that Beaufoy took from the people of the bishop of Chester at Long Eaton next to Sawley twelve quarters of oats for which he received allowance on his account, but paid nothing to the people. They request remedy.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- He should come before the justices assigned to hear and determine pleas of ministers of the king in the county of Nottinghamshire and there let justice be done.2) As regards the second petition, they should sue before the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer, and there let justice be done.
- Places mentioned
- Sallowe (Sawley), [Derbyshire]
- Nottinghamshire
- Derbyshire
- Eyton (Long Eaton), [Derbyshire].
- People mentioned
- John Beaufoy, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
- Bishop of Chester
- People of Long Eaton.
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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 332
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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. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.374 (no.30) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061870/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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