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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Stephen Gravesend, Bishop of London. Gravesend Stephen King. Bishop of London The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/176/8752
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This record is about the Stephen Gravesend, Bishop of London. Gravesend Stephen King. Bishop of London The... dating from [? 1297] 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 8/176/8752
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1297]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Stephen Gravesend, Bishop of London.
- Name(s)
- Gravesend, Stephen
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of London
- Nature of request
- The bishop requests a writ to the mayor and sheriffs of London that they not permit the imprisonment of chaplains and clerks who are members of Holy Church against the great charter, as the chaplains and pronotories were taken by force and arms from their house by the people of London to the Tun upon Cornhill and imprisoned there.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the mayor and sheriffs of London that they are not to allow such trespasses to be committed by the watch of the city or other laity, and that they are to make public proclamation of the writ throughout the city and in the next Hustings, and that for such trespass the forfeiture will be £40 to the king, and the bishop and anyone aggrieved by the trespass can make complaint if they wish.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Toneel (Tun upon Cornhill), [London].
- People mentioned
- Mayor and sheriffs of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1297, with reference to an order by Edward I, recorded by Stow (Stow, Survey of London, ed. W J Thoms (1842), p.71), probably in response to this petition, stating that clerics should not be imprisoned in the Tun. For details of this prison, see Harben, Dictionary of London, p.594).
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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/C9294620/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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