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Stephen Gravesend, Bishop of London, and Dean and Chapter of London. Gravesend Stephen...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/59/2925

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Reference
SC 8/59/2925
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
Stephen Gravesend, Bishop of London, and Dean and Chapter of London.
Name(s)
Gravesend, Stephen
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Bishop of London
Nature of request
The Bishop, and Dean and Chapter of London ask that all matters pending before the King which relate to the Eyre of London, and which concern them, or the ordinaries or ministers of their church, might be adjourned until the quinzaine of Michaelmas, or whenever it pleases the king, as has been done before.
Nature of endorsement
They are to be adjourned until a month after Michaelmas; and they are to have a writ to the justices about this.
Places mentioned
London.
Note
CCR 1318-23 p.446 is dated 20 May 1322, and is clearly in response to this petition.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4865
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.446 (order to adjourn the matters mentioned in the petition until a month after Michaelmas)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063145/

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