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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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David Martin, Bishop of St David's. Martin David King. Bishop of St David's The Bishop...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/87/4314
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This record is about the David Martin, Bishop of St David's. Martin David King. Bishop of St David's The Bishop... dating from [1320] 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 8/87/4314
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- David Martin, Bishop of St David's.
- Name(s)
- Martin, David
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of St David's
- Nature of request
- The Bishop of St David's states that he often comes to London at the request of the King or the Archbishop of Canterbury, but has nowhere in England where he might be at ease, and asks that he might be able to purchace £40 worth of land anywhere in England for that purpose.
- Nature of endorsement
- Our lord the King has granted that he might be able to purchase £20 worth of land.
- Places mentioned
- Wales
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1317-21 p.513 is dated 28 October 1320, and would seem to be a response to this petition.
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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 7397
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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)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.128 (Calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.513 (licence for the Bishop of St David's to acquire lands, tenements and rents to the value of £20 per annum)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148856/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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