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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 Bath and Wells, stating...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/197/9834
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward II from the Bishop of Bath and Wells, stating... dating from 1312 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 8/197/9834
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1312
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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 Bath and Wells, stating that certain lay people are occupying the church of Luccombe in his diocese, so that he cannot exercise his spiritual office in it. He asks the King to order the Sheriff of Somerset to remove this lay force.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Luccombe, Somerset
- Bath and Wells diocese
- Easthampstead, [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [II], King of England
- J[John Droxford], Bishop of Bath and Wells.
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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/C9295723/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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