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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Rigaud of Assier, Bishop-elect of Winchester. Assier Rigaud King. Bishop-elect of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/88/4356
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This record is about the Rigaud of Assier, Bishop-elect of Winchester. Assier Rigaud King. Bishop-elect of... 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 8/88/4356
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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
- Rigaud of Assier, Bishop-elect of Winchester.
- Name(s)
- Assier, Rigaud
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop-elect of Winchester
- Nature of request
- The Bishop-elect of Winchester states that his predecessors had a fair at Winchester, the fair of St Giles, from which they used to receive the profits until this year, when Richard de Cornwaille, Marshal of the measures, entered the franchise and took fines and amercements, contrary to the franchise and to what had been done previously. He requests restitution of the fines and amercements, and that he might have and enjoy his fair in all things, as his predecessors did.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Bishop-elect is to show the charter of his liberties in this matter in Chancery, and Richard de Cornwaille is to be called, to give his reasons for his action in this matter; and justice is to be done to the Bishop-elect on this.
- Places mentioned
- Winchester, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard de Cornwaille (Cornwall), Marshal of the measures
- Edward [I], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A Latin summary of this petition appears on the roll of the parliament of Michaelmas 1320 (Rot. Parl. vol. I, p.379a (no.71)).
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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 8697
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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. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.379a (no.71) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148898/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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