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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
SC 8/191/9536
Date
1306
Description
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.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295421/

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