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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Drokenesford (Droxford), bishop of Bath and Wells. de Drokenesford (Droxford)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/173/8633
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This record is about the John de Drokenesford (Droxford), bishop of Bath and Wells. de Drokenesford (Droxford)... 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 8/173/8633
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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
- John de Drokenesford (Droxford), bishop of Bath and Wells.
- Name(s)
- de Drokenesford (Droxford), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- bishop of Bath and Wells
- Nature of request
- Drokenesford requests that his account from his time as keeper of the Wardrobe is held as it was heard by the auditors who were assigned by the treasurer and barons, and what is to be rendered is rendered and that right be done to him on this and in the manner used for accounts of other keepers. Those assigned diligently heard the account as far as the end of 34 Edw. I and afterwards by procurement of the bishop's enemies, he was compelled and distrained to have a rehearing of his account against law and usage.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have a writ in Chancery to the treasurer and barons that they enquire of the complaint made in the petition.
- People mentioned
- John del Isle
- John de Foxle (Foxley)
- Richard de Abyndon (Abingdon)
- John de Everdon
- Adam de Lymbergh
- Robert de Notyngham (Nottingham).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- As the guard note make clear, this petition was presented to Edward II and answered under Edward III and therefore probably dates to the parliament of January 1327. The petition refers to events at the end of Edward I's reign and refers to Edward I as 'le Roy qe mort est que dieux assoille' which is followed by the struck-through text 'pere nostre seignieur le Roy qore est qe dieux gard' and clearly these two phrases refer to the late king, Edward I, and the current king Edward II. Since the latter phrase was struck-through, it reveals that the petition was subsequently modified to make sense after the accession of Edward III.
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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/C9294499/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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