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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/110/5461
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1310-c. 1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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.
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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 8/82/4097
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
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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 3270
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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/C9150126/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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