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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Neville, Bishop of Durham. Neville Robert King. Bishop of Durham Robert, Bishop...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/85/4208
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/85/4208
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1453]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Neville, Bishop of Durham.
- Name(s)
- Neville, Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Durham
- Nature of request
- Robert, Bishop of Durham, states that the grant of 300 archers for the defence of the realm from the Bishopric of Durham, made by the commons in the present parliament, is utterly contrary to the franchise of his County Palatine. He asks that with the assent of the lords and commons in parliament, and by authority of the same, his Bishopric might be quit and discharged of this grant.
- Nature of endorsement
- This bill is agreed by the lords, provided that a reasonable fine is paid for it, as may be agreed between the King, Chancellor and Treasurer of England, and the said Bishop of Durham.
- Places mentioned
- Durham diocese
- River Tyne
- River Tees
- Norhamshire, Northumberland (County Durham)
- Bedlingtonshire, Northumberland (County Durham)
- Crayke, [North Riding of] Yorkshire
- Westminster
- Cheshire.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Presented to the parliament at which the grant of 300 archers from County Durham was made, and therefore to that of 1453 (Rot. Parl. vol. V, p.232a).
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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 2912
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.232a (order for the Bishopric of Durham to find 300 archers for the king)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148750/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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