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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Dean and chapter of Lincoln Cathedral. King and council. It was found by inquest...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/163/8121
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This record is about the Dean and chapter of Lincoln Cathedral. King and council. It was found by inquest... dating from [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 8/163/8121
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Dean and chapter of Lincoln Cathedral.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- It was found by inquest taken by writ ad quod damnum before Matthew Brown, then escheator, and returned in Chancery, that no damage would come to the King or others from the grant by Bayouse and Gernon of land and rent in Reepham and the advowson of the church of Reepham to the dean and chapter of Lincoln Cathedral, on condition that they purchase a chaplain in the cathedral and two chaplains in the chapel in the suburbs of Lincoln, to celebrate divine service daily for the souls of Edward I, Edward II, John de Bliton and Emma his wife. The said dean and chapter request that the king order the chancellor to accept a convenient fee from them for permission to purchase the said chaplains and that they may have the king's charter in this matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:] For the church of the Blessed Mary of Lincoln.[On dorse:] Let it be done in Chancery at the discretion of the chancellor.
- Places mentioned
- Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]
- Reepham, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Matthew Broun (Brown), escheator
- William de Bayouse of Lincoln
- John Gernon
- Edward I, King of England
- Edward II, King of England
- John de Bliton
- Emma [de Bliton], wife [of John de Bliton].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1327, with reference to CPR 1327-30, p.30, a 1327 licence for alienation of said land, rent and advowson in accordance with the 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, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), pp.30-1 (licence for alienation)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293966/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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