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John Salmon, Bishop of Norwich. Salmon John King. Bishop of Norwich The Bishop of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/234/11692
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This record is about the John Salmon, Bishop of Norwich. Salmon John King. Bishop of Norwich The Bishop of... dating from [c. 1315] 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 8/234/11692
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Salmon, Bishop of Norwich.
- Name(s)
- Salmon, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Norwich
- Nature of request
- The Bishop of Norwich makes three requests:1) He states that as the town of Lynn, which is of his lordship and franchise, is a sea port, and people from many lands come there, felonies and trespasses against the King's peace are often committed, but that there is no prison closer than Norwich, and the people of Lynn, without whom no gaol delivery should be made, have the privilege that no plea of land or the crown should be heard outside their town. He requests a prison in Lynn.2) He requests return of writs and plea by vetito namio in Lynn.3) He requests that the charter which the King's father granted for a fair in Lynn might be confirmed, with the addition that he might have the fair even if he has not made use of it in the past, and that the time of the fair might be extended by fifteen days to last for a month.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Lenn (King's Lynn), [Norfolk]
- Norwich, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Edward [I], King of England.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/257/12817
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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 Charter Rolls, vol. III, Edw I and Edw II, 1300-1326, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.284 (grant of a prison and return of writs to the bishop) & p.312 (confirmation of a grant of a fair for 15 days to the bishop, although he has not used the previous grant)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335251/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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