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Executors of John de Ely, Bishop of Norwich. King. The executors request that the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/233/11643

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SC 8/233/11643
Date
[1326]
Description
Petitioners
Executors of John de Ely, Bishop of Norwich.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The executors request that the king command his keepers of the barony of the bishopric that they suffer the executors to have the corn . . . of the churches of Terling, Hoxne, Thornham and Langham which they withhold.
Nature of endorsement
Let the keepers be commanded to certify the cause.
Places mentioned
Terling, [Essex]
Hoxne, [Suffolk]
Thornham, [Suffolk]
Langham, [Suffolk].
People mentioned
John de Ely (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 matter by the same petitioners on the same matter, see SC 8/233/11636

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 not to intermeddle further with the corn)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335202/

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