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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Uncertain. King. The petitioner requests restoration to offices in the churches of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/90/4478
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/90/4478
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1407-1413]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Uncertain.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner requests restoration to offices in the churches of St Andre and St Seurin in Bordeaux and Saint-Emilion.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because it is attested in parliament by certain people of faith, and also of Shepeye, one of the ambassadors, that this bill contains the full truth, let the petitioner with his mainpernors be quit of all impeachments, and let writings on the part of the king to the principal officers of Guyenne to aid the supplicant to the end that he should be able to enjoy his grace without any disturbance according to the tenor of the papal bulls that he has.
- Places mentioned
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Tower of London.
- People mentioned
- Michael de la Pole, [Earl of Suffolk], ambassador
- John de Burley, ambassador
- John de Shepeye (Sheppey), Dean of Lincoln, ambassador
- Dean of Saint-Emilion
- Roger Fulcaud
- Gerard de Mence
- [Thomas Arundel], Archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor of England
- Archbishop of Bordeaux
- Chapter of St Andre, Bordeaux
- Chapter of Saint Seurin, Bordeaux
- Chapter of Saint-Emilion.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- John de Sheppey was Dean of Lincoln 1388-1411/12, identifying the Archbishop of Canterbury as Thomas Arundel, the only Archbishop to hold the Chancellorship during this period. The petition must therefore date to one of the periods when Arundel held both offices, Jan 1407-Dec 1409, or Jan 1412-March 1413.
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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 313
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149023/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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