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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Executors of Thomas de Cobham, late Bishop of Worcester. King and council The executors...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1955
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/40/1955
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Executors of Thomas de Cobham, late Bishop of Worcester.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The executors show that Edward II was bound to the bishop in a certain sum of money for his expenses going to France and Gascony, and for the business he conducted there as appears by bills under the seal of the Wardrobe. They request that the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer be ordered by writ to make payment or due assignment. By the entreaty of Adam de Brom.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the treasurer, barons and chamberlains that when they have viewed the bills they make payment of assignment of the debts, receiving and charging etc.
- Places mentioned
- France
- Gascony [France].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Cobham, late Bishop of Worcester
- Adam de Brom.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1331 as a writ was sent to the treasurer and barons to make payment or assignment of the sums owing to the bishop on 27 January 1331 (CCR 1330-3, p.193).
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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 1714
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.193 (writ to the treasurer and barons ordering them to pay the sums that they ascertain as due, or make an assignment)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062159/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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