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Robert Orford, Bishop of Ely. Orford Robert King and council. Bishop of Ely The bishop...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/81/4035

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Reference
SC 8/81/4035
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Orford, Bishop of Ely.
Name(s)
Orford, Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Bishop of Ely
Nature of request
The bishop requests grace and remedy as all of his lands and tenements in Cambridgeshire and elsewhere are held in chief of the king by barony, and are not subject to tallage, but the mayor and bailiffs of Cambridge have assessed him for tallage for his mill there.
Nature of endorsement
To the Exchequer, and let justice be done, and let a writ of Chancery be made on this.
Places mentioned
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire].
People mentioned
Mayor and bailiffs of Cambridge.
Note
The petition dates to 1305 as a Latin summary survives on the parliament roll for the Spring parliament of 1305 (Memoranda de Parliamento, pp.51-2 (no.84)).
Related material

For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/258/12882

For the subsequent mandate to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer see m.36 in E 368/75

For another mandate with minor differences see m.13d in E 159/78

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3057
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), pp.51-2 (no.84) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll, full edition of petition, and edition of related writ)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 12, appendix, no. 85 (full edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148575/

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