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Vincent illegible, chaplain. Vincent King. chaplain The petitioner requests the King's...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/196/9773

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SC 8/196/9773
Date
[c. 1443]
Description
Petitioners
Vincent illegible, chaplain.
Name(s)
Vincent
Addressees
King.
Occupation
chaplain
Nature of request
The petitioner requests the King's letters of presentation to the church of Wetheringsett in the diocese of Norwich, void by the [death] of John Shirborn, the late parson, and belonging to the King's gift because the temporalities of the bishopric of Ely are in the King's hand after the death of Bishop Lewis.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Wetheringsett, [Suffolk]
Norwich diocese
Ely diocese.
People mentioned
John Shirborn, parson of Wetheringsett
Lewis (Louis) [de Luxembourg], Bishop of Ely.
Note
Dated to c. 1443, with reference to the death of Bishop Lewis de Luxembourg of Ely on 8 September 1443. The word 'Norwich' has been written over an erasure: was this church originally said to be in the diocese of Ely?
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295661/

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