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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior of Castle Acre. King and council. Prior of Castle Acre The prior requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/173/8645
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/173/8645
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Castle Acre.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Prior of Castle Acre
- Nature of request
- The prior requests that since Bozun has no means of further remedy in a suit brought against him by the prior, that the supersedeas that he obtained be repealed, and he be be sent back to prison until he makes redress to the church. Bozun was excommunicated by the archbishop of Canterbury at the prior's suit and was imprisoned, but he came and alleged by a false allegation that he had appealed to the court of Rome and had purchased a bull, and that the appeal was still pending there, though his appeal had been refused as he had not appealed in time, and he was without a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should sue to the archbishop of Canterbury for new letters . . . and he should have there a writ to retake Bozun.
- Places mentioned
- Castle Acre, [Norfolk]
- Whissonset, [Norfolk]
- Rome, [Italy].
- People mentioned
- John Bozun, parson of the church of Whissonset.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1307 on the basis of a possibly related pardon granted to John Bozun (CPR 1301-7, p.489).
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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 I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.489 (possibly related pardon to the petitioner)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294511/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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