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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
John, bishop of . . . John King and council. [The petition is badly damaged, and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/154/7658
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This record is about the John, bishop of . . . John King and council. [The petition is badly damaged, and... dating from [? c. 1305-? c. 1325] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/154/7658
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1305-? c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John, bishop of . . .
- Name(s)
- John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged, and is missing approximately a third from the right-hand side of the petition, and the dull sense of the petition is difficult to recover]. The bishop makes a request concerning his position as ordinary concerning baptism and burial.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have a writ of Chancery to the justices . . such as seems good to the chancellor in the case to enquire what jurisdiction he had in the hospital . . . before that hospital was in the hands of the bishops, what jurisdiction the bishops had there when it was in their hand, and the inquisition is to take place in the presence of their parties, and it should be returned into Chancery . . .
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1305-? c. 1325 on the basis of the hand. It has proved impossible to identify the bishop.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209847/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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