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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward II from Henry, Bishop of Lincoln, complaining...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/197/9837

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward II from Henry, Bishop of Lincoln, complaining... dating from 1326 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/197/9837
Date
1326
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter to Edward II from Henry, Bishop of Lincoln, complaining that certain lay people have forcibly entered the church of Oadby in his diocese, and are preventing him from exercising his office there. He asks that this lay force might be removed.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Oadby, [Leicestershire]
Lincoln diocese
Tyngehurst (Fingest), [Buckinghamshire].
People mentioned
Edward [II], King of England
Henry [Burghersh], Bishop of Lincoln.
Note
Letter dated 5 days before the Kalends of January (28 December) 1326.
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/C9295726/

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