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Thomas de Cotingham (Cottingham), clerk of Chancery. de Cotingham (Cottingham) Thomas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/160/7992
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This record is about the Thomas de Cotingham (Cottingham), clerk of Chancery. de Cotingham (Cottingham) Thomas... dating from [1325-1327] 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 8/160/7992
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1325-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Cotingham (Cottingham), clerk of Chancery.
- Name(s)
- de Cotingham (Cottingham), Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- clerk of Chancery
- Nature of request
- Cotingham requests remedy as the king presented him to the church of Angle because the priory of Pembroke was in the king's hand because it is alien, but the prior challenged this; the king recovered the presentation, and Cotingham was instituted, but now he is ruined by a bull from Rome and the judgment summoning him to Rome which is to his loss and in prejudice of the king and weakens the judgments given in his court.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have a writ of prohibition formed upon the contents of this petition so that no-one should do or attempt anything in weakening the judgment, and further let them have writs of attachment if it is necessary.
- Places mentioned
- Angle, [Pembrokeshire, Wales]
- Bishopric of St David's, [Wales]
- Pembroke, [Pembrokeshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Prior of Pembroke
- Roger Knethel, provisor
- Archdeacon of Carmarthen.
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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)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.270 (full summary of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.104 (presentation of Cotyngham to Angle) & p.111 (revocation of the presentation) & p.118 (mandate to sheriffs to arrest all those prosecuting appeals and prohibition on all ecclesiastical people from proceeding) & p.122 (presentation of Cotyngham) p.152 (mandate to mayors to arrest all those prosecuting appeals)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.5 (protection for two years for the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210184/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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