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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Swaffham, Bishop of Bangor. Swaffham John King. Bishop of Bangor [Petition in...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/226/11266
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This record is about the John Swaffham, Bishop of Bangor. Swaffham John King. Bishop of Bangor [Petition in... dating from [1386] 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 8/226/11266
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1386]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Swaffham, Bishop of Bangor.
- Name(s)
- Swaffham, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Bangor
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts:]1) The bishop requests a pardon of the payment of the subsidies that he owes to the king if the issues be spent on the construction of the cathedral church, the rebuilding of which he began but has been unable to complete.2) The bishop requests a grant to him and the dean and chapter there that they may appropriate [Llanynys and Llanvair] churches within the diocese and of the bishop's patronage to provide for the sustenance of 4 chaplains and for the repair of the church. Divine service cannot be held as befits a cathedral church and the bishop wished to increase the number of chaplains with the king's aid.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bangor diocese, [Wales]
- [Llanynys, [Denbighshire]]
- [Llanvair Talyhaern, [Denbighshire]].
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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), pp.378-379 (full summary of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), pp.187, 189-90 (grant of the two requests)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334826/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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