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Master Thomas de Baketon (Bacton), Doctor of Law and Archdeacon of London. de Baketon...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4680
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This record is about the Master Thomas de Baketon (Bacton), Doctor of Law and Archdeacon of London. de Baketon... dating from [? 1381-? 1382] 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 8/94/4680
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1381-? 1382]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master Thomas de Baketon (Bacton), Doctor of Law and Archdeacon of London.
- Name(s)
- de Baketon (Bacton), Thomas
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- Doctor of Law and Archdeacon of London
- Nature of request
- Baketon requests that a declaration be made in parliament for the elect of Bury against the provision to Bronfield made by the pope in the presence of the papal collector, and that the collector be charged to write to the pope on this matter. Baketon has been to Rome to put the case for the elect.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- Edmund de Bronfeld.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The guard dates this petition to? 1381-1382, though on what basis is not clear. The petition is evidently in the minority of Richard II, though why this should be a matter of debate in 1381-2 is not clear. The abbot at the time seems to have been elected in 1379.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition on the same matter see SC 8/94/4682
For transcript, see no.90 of PRO 31/7/108
For a related petition see SC 8/94/4687
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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 818
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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/C9149231/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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Master Thomas de Baketon (Bacton), Doctor of Law and Archdeacon of London. de Baketon...