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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 to Edward II from the Bishop of Lincoln, informing him...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/197/9813
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward II from the Bishop of Lincoln, informing him... dating from 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 8/197/9813
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1325
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter to Edward II from the Bishop of Lincoln, informing him that Richard de Gerlethorp, who, falsely accused of a crime, had sought sanctuary in Lincoln cathedral, has been violently abducted from there and imprisoned in the Abbot of Selby's prison at Selby, and that the Abbot's bailiffs are refusing to deliver him. He asks the King to order the Abbot and his bailiffs to return him.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]
- Selby, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Highbury, [Middlesex].
- People mentioned
- Edward [II], King of England
- Henry [Burghersh], Bishop of Lincoln
- Richard de Gerlethorp
- Abbot of Selby.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Letter dated 6 days before the Nones of July (July 2) 1325.
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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/C9295701/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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