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? No Petitioner named Letter to Richard II from Robert, Bishop of London, complaining...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/124/6177

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Richard II from Robert, Bishop of London, complaining... dating from 1384 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/124/6177
Date
1384
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter to Richard II from Robert, Bishop of London, complaining of the unlawful detention by the officials of the mayor of London of a fugitive seeking sanctuary in St Dunstan's church.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
London
Fleet Street, London
St Dunstan in the West, [London].
People mentioned
Richard [II], King of England
Robert [Braybrooke], Bishop of London
John Edward, mason of London
John Bek
sheriff of London.
Note
Dated in the dating clause to 7 July 1384.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5383
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208347/

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