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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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John de Lewes, parson of the church of Buxted. de Lewes John King. parson of the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/197/9810
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This record is about the John de Lewes, parson of the church of Buxted. de Lewes John King. parson of the... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1325] 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 8/197/9810
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Lewes, parson of the church of Buxted.
- Name(s)
- de Lewes, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- parson of the church of Buxted
- Nature of request
- John de Lewes, parson of the church of Buxted, belonging to the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury, states that when he, lately parson of Withyham became involved in a suit concerning tithes before the ecclesiastical judges, the Prior of Mortain, the patron of the church of Withyham, brought a prohibition, although there was no mention in the suit of the advowson, but the justices will not proceed, nor will the Archbishop of Canterbury, patron of Buxted, although an inquisition has found in the meantime. He asks the King to provide a remedy: either to order the justices to proceed on the inquisition that has been taken, or to order the Sheriff of Sussex to inquire and to inform the King, or to provide some other suitable remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Buxted, Sussex
- Withyham, Sussex
- Mortain, [Normandy, France]
- Gelderegge (Gillridge [in Withyham]), [Sussex].
- People mentioned
- Archbishop of Canterbury
- Prior of Mortain.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated with reference to the hand and language. CPR 1307-13 p.28 is the presentation of a John de Lewes to the church of Chailey, dated 6 October 1310 - which may or may not be the petitioner. There also appears to be a monument to a John de Lewis in Buxted church - but again, this may not be relevant.
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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/C9295698/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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