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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Spridlington, Bishop of St Asaph. Spridlington William King. Bishop of St...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/184/9166
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This record is about the William Spridlington, Bishop of St Asaph. Spridlington William King. Bishop of St... dating from [c. 1380] 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 8/184/9166
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Spridlington, Bishop of St Asaph.
- Name(s)
- Spridlington, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of St Asaph
- Nature of request
- The Bishop of St Asaph states that the king's father granted the bishop and chapter an area of moor called Gronants Moor at an annual fee farm of 20 marks, expressly stating that an allowance of 12d an acre would be made for any land lost to the sea. A great part of the land has now been destroyed, and he requests that the relevant allowance be made.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- St Asaph, [Flintshire, Wales]
- Gronantesmore (Gronants Moor), [Flintshire, Wales]
- Chester, [Cheshire].
- People mentioned
- [Edward of Woodstock], Prince of Wales
- [Llewelyn ap Madoc ab Ellis], late Bishop of St Asaph
- Chapter of St Asaph
- Justice of Chester
- Chamberlain of Chester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A commission of enquiry into the amount of land lost to the sea, with an order to make the necessary allowances, was issued on 22 June 1380, almost certainly in direct response to this petition. Spridlington was bishop between 1377 and 1382.
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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)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.306 (brief calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.208 (confirmation of original grant) & p.565 (commission of enquiry into the area lost to the sea)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295043/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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