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Adam Orleton, bishop of Hereford. Orleton Adam King and council. bishop of Hereford...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/203/10138
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This record is about the Adam Orleton, bishop of Hereford. Orleton Adam King and council. bishop of Hereford... dating from [1318] 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 8/203/10138
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Adam Orleton, bishop of Hereford.
- Name(s)
- Orleton, Adam
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- bishop of Hereford
- Nature of request
- Orleton requests remedy as after the death of the bishop's predecessor the king seized all the bishop's lands into his hand by his escheator, and Audley seized three vills held of Bishop's Castle. After the petitioner received his lands and did fealty a writ was sent to Audley to deliver the vills but he has done nothing. These vills are held of the crown and not of the castle of Montgomery.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Montgomery, [Montgomeryshire, Wales]
- Bishop's Castle, [Shropshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard [Swinfield], bishop of Hereford
- Hugh de Audeleye (Audley), keeper of the castle and lands of Montgomery.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1318 as it seems likely that the writ sent to Audley referred to in the petition is that found in the Fine rolls for 1317, and that the subsequent order made on 1 March 1318 was made in response to this petition (CFR 1307-19, p.334; CCR 1313-18, p.529).
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.343 (full summary of petition)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.529 (order to Audley to restore the vills)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. II, Edw II, 1307-1319, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.334 (order to Audley to deliver the vills)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333693/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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