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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Simon de Somerdeby, chaplain. de Somerdeby Simon King and council. chaplain [This...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/201/10038
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This record is about the Simon de Somerdeby, chaplain. de Somerdeby Simon King and council. chaplain [This... dating from [? c. 1320-? c. 1340] 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 8/201/10038
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1320-? c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Simon de Somerdeby, chaplain.
- Name(s)
- de Somerdeby, Simon
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- chaplain
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged and incomplete.]Simon de Somerdeby, chaplain, states that he was presented to the church of St Mary Matfelon by . . . de Segrave, then patron of the church; but that the Bishop of London refused to institute him into this church. Simon appealed him, but when he and his notary went to the Bishop's manor of Stepney to have execution of this appeal, the Bishop had them beaten and wounded and threw the notary into a ditch: so that he did not dare make execution of his appeal, and is in danger of losing his preferment. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to sue at common law.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Stepney, [Middlesex]
- St Mary Matfelon (St Mary Whitechapel), [Middlesex].
- People mentioned
- [...] de Segrave.
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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)
- French
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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/C9333594/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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