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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward I from the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/197/9843

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward I from the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield,... dating from [1301] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/197/9843
Date
[1301]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter to Edward I from the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, complaining that the church of Stockport in his diocese is occupied by lay force, preventing him from exercising his jurisdiction there, and asking the King to remove this lay force.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Stockport, Cheshire
Coventry and Lichfield diocese
London.
People mentioned
Edward [I], King of England
Walter [Langton], Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
Note
Letter dated 2 days before the Nones of January (4 January) 1300 (1301, new style).
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/C9295732/

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