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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward I from the Bishop of Chichester, stating that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/196/9794

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward I from the Bishop of Chichester, stating that... dating from 1283 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/196/9794
Date
1283
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter to Edward I from the Bishop of Chichester, stating that Nicholas de Westdene, rector of West Angmering has been prevented from entering his church by lay force, and asking the King to order the Sheriff of Sussex to remove this lay force personally, and to protect and defend Nicholas in his possession of his church.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
West Angmering, Sussex
Chichester diocese
Streatham, [Surrey].
People mentioned
Edward [I], King of England
S[Stephen Bersted], Bishop of Chichester
Nicholas de Westdene, rector of West Angmering.
Note
Letter dated the Ides of July (15 July) 1283.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295682/

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