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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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WWilliam Gainsborough, Bishop of Worcester. Gainsborough WWilliam King. Bishop of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/191/9536
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/191/9536
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1306
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- WWilliam Gainsborough, Bishop of Worcester.
- Name(s)
- Gainsborough, WWilliam
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Worcester
- Nature of request
- Letter to the King from the Bishop of Worcester, stating that Ranulph le White, rector of the church of Colesbourne, convicted of various crimes before John Bottetourt, has made purgation according to the customs of the church, and asking that his goods might be returned to him without obstruction.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Colesbourne, Gloucestershire
- Cirencester, [Gloucestershire]
- Hampton super Avonam (Hampton Lucy), [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- John Bottetourt (Botetourt), justice
- Ranulph le White, rector of Colesbourne
- Walter de Wotton
- William de Hembury
- Nicholas de Staunton
- John de la Haye, Queen's Escheator in the seven hundreds of Cirencester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated 7 Id. July (9 July) 1306.
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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/C9295421/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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