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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from Robert, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/236/11765

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from Robert, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield,... dating from 1374 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/236/11765
Date
1374
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter to Edward III from Robert, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, asking the King to give his official, Richard de Bermyncham, permission to go overseas to the court of Rome, on business concerning the diocese.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Coventry and Lichfield diocese
Haywood, [Staffordshire].
People mentioned
Edward [III], King of England
Robert [Stretton], Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
Richard de Bermyncham (Birmingham), official of the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
Note
Letter dated 21 April 1374.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335324/

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