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Executors of the testament of John Salmon, bishop of Norwich. King. The executors...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/233/11636

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SC 8/233/11636
Date
[1326]
Description
Petitioners
Executors of the testament of John Salmon, bishop of Norwich.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The executors request that the king command his keepers of the barony of the bishopric [to deliver to them] the corn in the granges of the churches of Terling, Hoxne, Thornham and Langham, which they withhold.
Nature of endorsement
Let the keepers of the bishopric be ordered to certify the cause of the detention.
Places mentioned
Terling, [Essex]
Hoxne, [Suffolk]
Thornham, [Suffolk]
Langham, [Suffolk].
People mentioned
John [Salmon], bishop of [Norwich].
Note
The petition dates to 1326 as the keepers of the bishopric were commanded not to intermeddle further with the corn on 1 May 1326 (CCR 1323-7, p.471).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioners on a related matter, see SC 8/64/3168

For another petition on the same by the same petitioners on the same matter, see SC 8/233/11643

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.471 (order to the keepers of the bishopric not to intermeddle further with the corn)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335195/

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