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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Folkyngham (Folkingham), parson of Wistow. de Folkyngham (Folkingham) John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/217/10804
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This record is about the John de Folkyngham (Folkingham), parson of Wistow. de Folkyngham (Folkingham) John... dating from [c. 1402] 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 8/217/10804
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Folkyngham (Folkingham), parson of Wistow.
- Name(s)
- de Folkyngham (Folkingham), John
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- parson of Wistow
- Nature of request
- John de Folkyngham requests that the king summon Page and others before him to explain their actions regarding their attempt to make the chapel of Newton Harcourt, appurtenant to his church of Wistow, into a parochial church. He states that they have purchased a bill from the Pope on this matter, against the petitioner's will and to the damage of him, his church and the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- They shall have a day in Chancery in the quindene of Easter.
- Places mentioned
- Wistow, [Leicestershire]
- Newton Harcourt, [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- John Page
- Richard Hubberd
- William Rogger
- John Hancok the elder
- Richard atte Persones
- John atte Persones the elder
- the Pope.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A letter from the Pope to the bishop of Lincoln on this matter was issued on 2 March 1402 (Calendar of Papal Registers: Papal Letters, vol. VI, pp.486-7), and thus presumably this petition dates from around that time.
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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/C9334361/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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