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John Forster, clerk. Forster John Commons of parliament. clerk Forster complains...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/110/5499

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Reference
SC 8/110/5499
Date
1422
Description
Petitioners
John Forster, clerk.
Name(s)
Forster, John
Addressees
Commons of parliament.
Occupation
clerk
Nature of request
Forster complains that he was ousted from the prebend of Biggleswade in Lincoln Cathedral and requests restoration.
Nature of endorsement
Agreed in the parliament of 1 Henry VI that this should be so and that Forster should have letters patent accordingly.
Places mentioned
Biggleswade, [Bedfordshire]
Lincoln, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
Philip Repingdon, Bishop of Lincoln
Philip Morgan, Bishop of Worcester
John Ixworth, clerk
Humphrey [of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3412
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.194a (edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150164/

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