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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Irebi, formerly Prior of Hereford Irebi William King and council Prior of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/53/2645
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/53/2645
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Irebi, formerly Prior of Hereford
- Name(s)
- Irebi, William
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Prior of Hereford
- Nature of request
- William Irebi, formerly Prior of Hereford, states that when he was appointed one of the keepers of the temporalities of the diocese of Hereford, which Edward II had seized into his hand, Adam de Orleton, Bishop of Hereford, through malevolence, procured with Queen Isabella and Roger de Mortimer, on their coming to England, that he might be seized and imprisoned. He is still in prison in Worcester, and requests deliverance.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have a writ to the keeper of the spirituality to have his body brought before the king, and the reason for his imprisonment; and to the keeper of the temporalities also.
- Places mentioned
- Hereford, [Herefordshire]
- Worcester, [Worcestershire]
- People mentioned
- [Edward II], King of England
- John de Hampton
- Adam de Orleton, Bishop of Hereford
- Isabella [of France], Queen of England
- Roger de Mortimer
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1330-4 pp.181-182 is dated at Westminster, 10 October 1331. The petition must postdate this, as the petitioner says that he is now in prison in Worcester - where Adam de Orleton is now bishop.
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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 4556
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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 Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.181-182 (licence for the Bishop of Hereford to deliver the petitioner into the custody of Adam de Orleton, now Bishop of Worcester)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062861/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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