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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
Richard le Scrope, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. Scrope Richard King. Bishop...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/223/11109
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This record is about the Richard le Scrope, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. Scrope Richard King. Bishop... dating from [1396] 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 8/223/11109
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1396]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard le Scrope, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
- Name(s)
- Scrope, Richard
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
- Nature of request
- The Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield requests licence to found a chantry in the cathedral church of Lichfield, and that the dean and chapter of Lichfield be granted licence to grant an annual rent of 100s from the church of Worfield to the chaplain for his maintenance.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Lichfield, [Staffordshire]
- Worfield, Shropshire
- Lichfield diocese.
- People mentioned
- Dean and Chapter of Lichfield.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The requested licence was granted on 18 February 1396.
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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.692 (requested licence)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334669/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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