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Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln Fleming Richard Commons. London Estratford (Stratford...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/122/6095

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This record is about the Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln Fleming Richard Commons. London Estratford (Stratford... dating from [? c. 1428] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/122/6095
Date
[? c. 1428]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln
Name(s)
Fleming, Richard
Addressees
Commons.
Places mentioned
London
Estratford (Stratford at Bow), [Middlesex].
Nature of request
The unnamed petitioner requests that the Commons ask the king to grant letters patent under the great seal in the form contained in the attached schedule.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] Let it be sent to the Lords.[on dorse] Let it be done as desired in the petition if the official of the hospital agrees that the devotion of the founder of the hospital will not be reduced, and if that the king will not be defrauded of the advowsons of the chantries named in the petition when they are empty during vacancies of the bishopric of Lincoln.
Note
Dated to? c. 1428 with SC 8/122/6096, to which it was once attached.
Related material

For the draft letters patent previously attached to this petition see SC 8/122/6096

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5176
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208265/

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