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Dean and chapter of Salisbury. King. The Dean and chapter of Salisbury state that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/141/7050
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This record is about the Dean and chapter of Salisbury. King. The Dean and chapter of Salisbury state that... dating from [1399] 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 8/141/7050
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Dean and chapter of Salisbury.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Dean and chapter of Salisbury state that in his will John Waltham, Bishop of Salisbury, left them his body and his best vestment, but that by council and procurement of William Lescrop, Earl of Wiltshire, he was buried at Westminster, and the vestment given to the Abbot of Westminster. As it would be too slow and difficult to sue against the Abbot, who is exempt, they ask that Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and overseer of the testament, might be ordered to have the Abbot come before him, and when he has examined the testament, to put into execution what justice and reason demand, according to the last will of the testator.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King wills it.
- Places mentioned
- Salisbury, [Wiltshire]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- John Waltham, Bishop of Salisbury
- William Lescrop (Le Scrope), Earl of Wiltshire
- the Abbot of Westminster
- Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1399-1401 pp.82-83 is dated 10 November 1399, and is clearly the result of this petition.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.82-83 (commission to the Archbishop of Canterbury in accordance with this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209187/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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