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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
Item
? No Petitioner named Letter from William, Bishop of London, to Edward III, complaining...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/235/11705
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter from William, Bishop of London, to Edward III, complaining... dating from 1376 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 8/235/11705
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1376
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter from William, Bishop of London, to Edward III, complaining that a Nicholas Sarney of the diocese of Worcester has been claiming to have a licence from the pope to hear confessions, although his documentation is clearly false, and is meddling in things which belong to William's cure and jurisdiction. He asks the King to write in the customary fashion, according to the customs of the realm and the canonical sanctions, so that Nicholas might be arrested and held.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Worcester diocese
- Stepney, [Middlesex].
- People mentioned
- Edward [III], King of England
- William [Courtenay], Bishop of London
- Nicholas Sarney.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Letter dated 31 July 1376.
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9335264/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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