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John ?, Bishop of Ely. Bishop of Ely John King and council. The Bishop of Ely requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/110/5461

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This record is about the John ?, Bishop of Ely. Bishop of Ely John King and council. The Bishop of Ely requests... dating from [c. 1310-c. 1337] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/110/5461
Date
[c. 1310-c. 1337]
Description
Petitioners
John ?, Bishop of Ely.
Name(s)
Bishop of Ely, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The Bishop of Ely requests assistance in relation to knights' fees held of the church of Ely, in relation to the fees held by Peche and Bigod.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] The Chancery is to send a writ to the Exchequer to make search concerning these fees.
Places mentioned
Madingley, Cambridgeshire
Rampton, Cambridgeshire
Impington, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Suffolk
Ely, [Cambridgeshire].
People mentioned
Gilbert Pecche
Roger Bigod, [Earl of Norfolk].
Note
The petition could be from John Ketton, Bishop of Ely (1310-1316), or John Hothum, Bishop of Ely (1316-1337), and is assigned within their episcopal dates. See also, for further dating evidence, SC 8/1/27; SC 8/1/28; SC 8/53/2611; SC 8/82/4097.
Related material

For another petition on the same matter see SC 8/82/4097

For another petition by a bishop of Ely on the matter see SC 8/53/2611

For a related petition see SC 8/1/27

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3270
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150126/

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