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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from John, Archbishop of Canterbury, stating...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/235/11707
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from John, Archbishop of Canterbury, stating... dating from 1347 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 8/235/11707
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1347
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter to Edward III from John, Archbishop of Canterbury, stating that Richard de Westone, monk of Abbey Dore, who had been duly elected Abbot and then unjustly despoiled of his office, has been restored to his office by authority of the court of Canterbury and the Archbishop's metropolitan authority, but that certain lay people are occupying the abbey with armed force, so that he cannot have possession. He asks the King for writs to remove this lay force.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Abbey Dore, [Herefordshire]
- Hereford diocese
- Canterbury province
- Lambeth, [Surrey].
- People mentioned
- Edward [III], King of England
- John [Stratford], Archbishop of Canterbury
- Richard de Westone (Weston), monk of Abbey Dore.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Letter dated 6 days before the Ides of July (10 July), 1347.
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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/C9335266/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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