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Thomas de Cambridge, Clerk. de Cambridge Thomas The King. Clerk The petitioner seeks...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/100/4981
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This record is about the Thomas de Cambridge, Clerk. de Cambridge Thomas The King. Clerk The petitioner seeks... dating from [c. 1309] 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 8/100/4981
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1309]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Cambridge, Clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Cambridge, Thomas
- Addressees
- The King.
- Occupation
- Clerk
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks a writ to the justices of Wales ordering that the Bishop of Bangor attend a certain day to answer to the king for his disobedience. He states that the king ordered the newly appointed bishop to grant the petitioner an annual pension by his letters patent [until] he appointed the petitioner to the next suitable vacant benefice of his patronage. Walter Reynolds was elevated to Worcester and the king ordered that the petitioner should have his vacant prebend. The bishop answered that by the council of the church in Wales he granted the prebendary to a Welsh clerk, in disinheritance and despite of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- An order to the justices of Wales by writ of chancery mentioning two previous orders to the bishop. The same justices will ask the bishop on behalf of the king to implement his orders, or he will be brought into the king's presence on the octave of St Hilary to answer in respect thereof etc.
- Places mentioned
- Wales
- Bangor, [Caernarfonshire, Wales]
- Worcester, [Worcestershire].
- People mentioned
- Bishop of Bangor
- [Walter Reynolds], Bishop of Worcester.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/100/4980
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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 1788
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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/C9149548/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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