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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 the King from Simon Islep, canon of the church of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/235/11723
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to the King from Simon Islep, canon of the church of... dating from [1340] 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 8/235/11723
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter to the King from Simon Islep, canon of the church of Lincoln and vicar general of Henry, Bishop of Lincoln, complaining that certain lay people are occupying the church of Reepham with force and arms, preventing him from exercising his office there. He asks the King to order that this lay force be removed.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Reepham, [Lincolnshire]
- Lincoln diocese
- Lincoln, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [III], King of England
- Simon Islep, canon of the church of Lincoln and vicar general of Henry [Burghersh], Bishop of Lincoln
- Henry [Burghersh], Bishop of Lincoln.
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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/C9335282/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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