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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Nicholas de Lyndwode, clerk of Chancery and Parson of the church of Wyvelesford....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/60/2956
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This record is about the Nicholas de Lyndwode, clerk of Chancery and Parson of the church of Wyvelesford.... dating from [1318] 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 8/60/2956
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Nicholas de Lyndwode, clerk of Chancery and Parson of the church of Wyvelesford.
- Name(s)
- de Lyndwode, Nicholas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- clerk of Chancery and Parson of the church of Wyvelesford
- Nature of request
- Lyndwode requests that he be able to have a writ to the bishop of Lincoln that his church of Wilsford be newly assessed for tax, and that he is able to be discharged so that he is not charged beyond the true value of his church. His church had been assessed during the time of his predecessor at a high rate out of the hatred that the taxers had for the parson who was an alien, and Lyndwode is charged by many impositions so that he cannot support himself from the profits of his church.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because the taxation that was made by the authority of the Pope it is considered by the council that he ought not to pay it at present.
- Places mentioned
- Wyvelesford (Wilsford), [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Bishop of Lincoln.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1318 by reference to m 22 of E 175/1, a list of petitioners to the 1318 parliament. The grants of protection in CPR 1317-21 pp. 378 and 517 (April 1319 and November 1320) may have been issued in response to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document see piece 22 in E 175/1
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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 4874
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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 II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.378 (grant of protection for one year to Nicholas de Lyndewode, parson of Wilsford) & p.517 (similar grant for three years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063176/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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