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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Friar John [John Swaffam], bishop of Bangor Swaffham John King and the peers and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/184/9194
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This record is about the Friar John [John Swaffam], bishop of Bangor Swaffham John King and the peers and... dating from [? c. 1396] 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 8/184/9194
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1396]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Friar John [John Swaffam], bishop of Bangor
- Name(s)
- Swaffham, John
- Addressees
- King and the peers and lords of parliament
- Nature of request
- That the friar has been falsely indicted by the malice of the people of North Wales of certain articles annexed to this petition, before the justices of the said county. That they should consider the articles and the malice of them, that the indictments should not be taken before any minister in time to come, because the said bishop is not culpable of any article of them.
- Places mentioned
- North Wales
- People mentioned
- The people of North Wales
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The handwriting would appear to date to the latter part of the fourteenth century, and hence almost certainly to the episcopate of John Swaffham (1376-98) (John Gilbert (1372-5) would seem too early for the handwriting). Rees suggests a possible date of 1395-6, with reference to entries on the patent roll relating to the bishop from that time. The first of these seems unlikely to be related to this matter, but the pardon of July 1396 may well be connected.
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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.307 (summary of petition, with references)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.593 (remission to John Swaffham for sums demanded at the Exchequer)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.10 (pardon to John Swaffham for all felonies or trespasses)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295072/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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