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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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? No Petitioner named Letter from Richard, Bishop of Bristol to the Queen, stating...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/195/9739
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter from Richard, Bishop of Bristol to the Queen, stating... dating from 1592 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 8/195/9739
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1592
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter from Richard, Bishop of Bristol to the Queen, stating that certain lay people are disturbing and molesting John Bisson, rector of Manston, in the possession of his church. He asks the Queen to remove this lay force, and to provide a fitting punishment.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Manston, Dorset
- Chelsea, [Middlesex].
- People mentioned
- Elizabeth [I], Queen of England
- Richard [Fletcher], Bishop of Bristol
- John Bisson, rector of Manston
- Thomas Johnson, clerk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated 8 May 1592.
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9295626/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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