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? No Petitioner named 1) Copy of a letter of excommunication from the archbishop...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/71/3506B

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named 1) Copy of a letter of excommunication from the archbishop... dating from 1307-1318 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/71/3506B
Date
1307-1318
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
1) Copy of a letter of excommunication from the archbishop of Canterbury.2) Copy of a writ of Edward II to the sheriff of Suffolk to arrest Wayland.
Nature of endorsement
He should have his suit against the bailiff.
Places mentioned
Blaxhall, [Suffolk]
London.
People mentioned
Walter [Reynolds], Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward II, King of England
Thomas de Weylond (Wayland), Rector of Blaxhall
Sheriff of Suffolk.
Note
Both the transcripts of the documents are dated in their dating clause. The letter of the archbishop dates to 30 January 1307, whilst the writ of Edward II dates to 24 May 1318. This schedule was prepared in connection with the petition in SC 8/71/3506A.
Related material

For the petition to which these copies were formerly attached see SC 8/71/3506A

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
C 47/18/6/11
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107280/

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