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John de Cantebrigg (Cambridge), Prior of Bury St Edmunds. de Cantebrigg (Cambridge)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/184/9169

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This record is about the John de Cantebrigg (Cambridge), Prior of Bury St Edmunds. de Cantebrigg (Cambridge)... dating from [c. 1385] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/184/9169
Date
[c. 1385]
Description
Petitioners
John de Cantebrigg (Cambridge), Prior of Bury St Edmunds.
Name(s)
de Cantebrigg (Cambridge), John
Addressees
King and Lords of Parliament.
Occupation
Prior of Bury St Edmunds
Nature of request
The Prior of Bury St Edmunds requests that the king excuse Walter de Tutyngton for his actions regarding the provision to the abbacy, as these have been shown before the Archbishop of Canterbury and others to have been in the interests of his church.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
People mentioned
Walter de Tutyngton (Totyngton, Tottington)
[William Courtenay], Archbishop of Canterbury
Richard Scrope
John de Cavendish
John de Fordham.
Note
Tutyngton received a pardon for these offences on 4 December 1385. That pardon was granted explicitly in response to a petition from Tutyngton himself, but presumably the present petition from his Prior was presented either in support of that petition or around the same time.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/184/9167

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), pp.100-101 (pardon to Totyngton for his offences in this matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295046/

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