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John de Drokenesford (Droxford), Bishop of Bath and Wells de Drokenesford (Droxford)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/43/2133

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This record is about the John de Drokenesford (Droxford), Bishop of Bath and Wells de Drokenesford (Droxford)... dating from [? c. 1324] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/43/2133
Date
[? c. 1324]
Description
Petitioners
John de Drokenesford (Droxford), Bishop of Bath and Wells
Name(s)
de Drokenesford (Droxford), John
Addressees
King
Occupation
Bishop of Bath and Wells
Nature of request
John de Drokenesford, Bishop of Bath and Wells, asks the king to issue a writ to authorize his essoin, made on the morrow of Martinmas last in a suit of land against John de Thistelden, at a time when he was at Westminster, occupied with the accounts from his time as Keeper of the Wardrobe.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Westminster
York
Meleford (Milford on Sea), Hampshire
Pennington, Hampshire
People mentioned
John de Thistelden
Related material

For a near-duplicate of this petition, with only minor differences, and with an endorsement, see SC 8/95/4718

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2533
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062339/

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