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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Edmund de Stafford. de Stafford Edmund King and council. Stafford requests that whereas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/216/10777
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This record is about the Edmund de Stafford. de Stafford Edmund King and council. Stafford requests that whereas... dating from [1395] 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 8/216/10777
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1395]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edmund de Stafford.
- Name(s)
- de Stafford, Edmund
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Stafford requests that whereas the Pope appointed him to the church of Exeter and he was then elected as bishop of the same, that the king and council give him permission to pursue full execution of the same provision and to accept the bishopric.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] 11 June.
- Places mentioned
- Exeter, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- Pope.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 11 June 1395 since the endorsement is dated 11 June and there are several 1395 references to this case in CPR 1391-6: p. 555, the presentation of Stafford to the canonry in Exeter cathedral; p. 569, the grant to Stafford of temporalities of bishopric of Exeter; p. 595, the grant to John Excestre of the prebend late Stafford's in Exeter cathedral.
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.555 (presentation of Stafford to the canonry in Exeter cathedral) & p.569 (grant to Stafford of temporalities of bishopric of Exeter) & p.595 (grant to John Excestre of prebend late Stafford's in Exeter cathedral)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334333/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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