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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Attorneys of the Bishops of Winchester and Norwich. King and Council. Attorneys of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8371
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This record is about the Attorneys of the Bishops of Winchester and Norwich. King and Council. Attorneys of... 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 8/168/8371
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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
- Attorneys of the Bishops of Winchester and Norwich.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- Attorneys of the Bishops of Winchester and Norwich
- Nature of request
- The Attorneys of the bishops of Winchester and Norwich state that the bishops are currently on the king's service in France, and knew nothing of the king's recent military summons to Newcastle before their departure. The Attorneys claim that they have no power to raise the bishops' people, and therefore request that the king ensure that the bishops do not suffer damage or impeachment for their failure to attend or send their people.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king grants this petition at Nottingham on 6 May in his first year.
- Places mentioned
- France
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- [John Stratford], Bishop of Winchester
- [William Ayermine], Bishop of Norwich.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The two bishops received letters of safe-conduct on 7 March 1327, a month before the military summons was issued in April. The month in the endorsement is damaged, but Edward III is known to have been at Nottingham on 6 May 1327.
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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), p.31 (letters of safe-conduct to the bishops of Norwich and Winchester, going overseas on the king's service)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294216/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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