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Anthony Bek, Bishop of Durham. Bek Anthony King. Bishop of Durham The Bishop of Durham...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/218/10896

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This record is about the Anthony Bek, Bishop of Durham. Bek Anthony King. Bishop of Durham The Bishop of Durham... dating from [c. 1299] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/218/10896
Date
[c. 1299]
Description
Petitioners
Anthony Bek, Bishop of Durham.
Name(s)
Bek, Anthony
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Bishop of Durham
Nature of request
The Bishop of Durham requests that the king send him the charter of the grant appropriating the advowson of the church of Morpeth to the sustenance of the vicars choral of Auckland St Andrew.
Nature of endorsement
The king has granted this petition.
Places mentioned
Morphat (Morpeth), [Northumberland]
Dauclaund (Auckland St Andrew), [County Durham].
People mentioned
Vicars Choral of Auckland St Andrew.
Note
Dated by Fraser to c. 1299, with reference to the confirmation of the original grant.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.7-8 (no. 8) (full edition and summary of petition, with references)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.386 (confirmation of the grant of 2 bovates of land and the advowson of Morpeth to the bishop by John de Greystock)
  • Records of Anthony Bek, Bishop and Patriarch, 1283-1311, ed. C.M. Fraser, (The Ancestor, 6, pp. 66-71, 1947), p.179 (edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334454/

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