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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
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Robert de Chigewell (Chigwell), clerk. de Chigewell (Chigwell) Robert King. clerk...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/227/11313
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This record is about the Robert de Chigewell (Chigwell), clerk. de Chigewell (Chigwell) Robert King. clerk... dating from [? 1330] 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 8/227/11313
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Chigewell (Chigwell), clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Chigewell (Chigwell), Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Chigwell requests that the king will send further letters to the Pope concerning the request to grant him the first vacant benefice in the diocese of Worcester as the Pope granted that he could have the first benefice of the patronage of the bishops of Worcester valued at up to 35 marks but there are no benefices below 40 marks, and he requests that this limit be removed or changed to pounds.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Worcester diocese.
- People mentioned
- Matthew, Presbyter Cardinal of St John and St Paul.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1330 on the basis of the dating of the Chancery Warrant in which the petition may originally have been enclosed, the warrant dating to 5 May 1330 (4 Edw. III) (C 81/171/3526).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Chancery warrant in which this petition was apparently originally enclosed, see no.3526 in C 81/171
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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/C9334873/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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