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Robert, vicar of Ticehurst. Robert King and council. vicar of Ticehurst Robert, vicar...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/143/7125

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Reference
SC 8/143/7125
Date
[? c. 1377]
Description
Petitioners
Robert, vicar of Ticehurst.
Name(s)
Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
vicar of Ticehurst
Nature of request
Robert, vicar of Ticehurst, states that William, Bishop of Chichester, has despoiled him of the profits of his church for the past seven years, and has imprisoned him without cause for a year and a half. He requests a remedy, as he has nothing on which to live.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Ticehurst, Sussex
Canterbury, [Kent].
People mentioned
William [Reade], Bishop of Chichester.
Note
A tentative date of c. 1377 is provided by an unrelated mention of the petitioner in CCR 1377-81 p.131, dated 4 April 1378, and by the hand and language.
Related material

For transcript, see no.99 of PRO 31/7/110

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209305/

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